Classic and Contemporary Poetry
URBS SACRA AETERNA, by OSCAR WILDE Poet's Biography First Line: Rome! What a scroll of history thine has been Last Line: The prisoned shepherd of the church of god. Alternate Author Name(s): Finga, O'flahertie Wills Subject(s): Rome, Italy | ||||||||
ROME! what a scroll of History thine has been In the first days thy sword republican Ruled the whole world for many an age's span: Then of thy peoples thou wert crowned Queen, Till in thy streets the bearded Goth was seen; And now upon thy walls the breezes fan (Ah, city crowned by God, discrowned by man!) The hated flag of red and white and green. When was thy glory! when in search for power Thine eagles flew to greet the double sun, And all the nations trembled at thy rod? Nay, but thy glory tarried for this hour, When pilgrims kneel before the Holy One, The prisoned shepherd of the Church of God. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THOSE GRAVES IN ROME by LARRY LEVIS ROMAN ELEGIES by JOSEPH BRODSKY ROMAN DIARY: 1951 by JOHN CIARDI VIGNETTES OVERSEAS: 7. ROME by SARA TEASDALE ROMANESQUE ARCHES by TOMAS TRANSTROMER AN APARTMENT WITH A VIEW by JOHN CIARDI MANIFEST DESTINY by JORIE GRAHAM RUINES OF ROME by JOACHIM DU BELLAY |
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