Famous Alta Poems by Famous Poets

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A Letter To Doctor Ingelo then With My Lord Whitlock Amba

...e labor?
Incolit, ut fertur, saevam Gens mitior Oram,
Pace vigil, Bello strenua, justa Foro.
Quin ibi sunt Urbes, atque alta Palatia Regum,
Musarumque domus, & sua Templa Deo.
Nam regit Imperio populum Christina ferocem,
Et dare jura potest regia Virgo viris.
Utque trahit rigidum Magnes Aquilone Metallum,
Gandet eam Soboles ferrea sponte sequii.
Dic quantum liceat fallaci credere Famae,
Invida num taceat plura, sonet ve loquax.
At, si vera fides, Mundi melioris ab ortu,
Saecu...Read more of this...
by Marvell, Andrew


Epigramma in Duos montes Amosclivum Et Bilboreum

...ite campum
Montis Amos clivi Bilboreique juga!
Ille stat indomitus turritis undisque saxis:
Cingit huic laetum Fraximus alta Caput.
Illi petra minax rigidis cervicibus horret:
Huic quatiunt viridis lenia colla jubas.
Fulcit Atlanteo Rupes ea vertice coelos:
Collis at hic humeros subjicit Herculeos.
Hic ceu carceribus visum sylvaque coercet:
Ille Oculos alter dum quasi meta trahit.
Ille Giganteum surgit ceu Pelion Ossa:
Hic agit ut Pindi culmine Nympha choros.
Erectus, praecep...Read more of this...
by Marvell, Andrew

Hortus

...lva.
Alma Quies, teneo te! & te Germana Quietis
Simplicitas! Vos ergo diu per Templa, per urbes,
Quaesivi, Regum perque alta Palatia frustra.
Sed vos Hotrorum per opaca siluentia longe
Celarant Plantae virides, & concolor Umbra.
O! mibi si vestros liceat violasse recessus.
Erranti, lasso, & vitae melioris anhelo,
Municipem servate novum, votoque potitum,
Frondosae Cives optate in florea Regna.
Me quoque, vos Musae, &, te conscie testor Apollo,
Non Armenta juvant hominum, Circ...Read more of this...
by Marvell, Andrew

My Divine Lysis

...pero basta:
que a publicar incendios
basta apuntar la causa,
sin añadir la culpa del efecto.

    Que mirarte tan alta,
no impide a mi denuedo;
que no hay deidad segura
al altivo volar del pensamiento.

    Y aunque otras más merezcan,
en distancia del cielo
lo mismo dista el valle
más humilde que el monte más soberbio,

    En fin, yo de adorarte
el delito confieso;
si quieres castigarme,
este mismo castigo será premio.

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My Divine Lysis (E...Read more of this...
by Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sor

Nocturnos De La Ventana

...1 

Alta va la luna.
Bajo corre el viento. 

(Mis largas miradas,
exploran el cielo.) 

Luna sobre el agua,
Luna bajo el viento. 

(Mis cortas miradas,
exploran el suelo.) 

Las voces de dos ni?as
ven?an. Sin el esfuerzo,
de la luna del agua,
me fu? a la del cielo. 


2 

Un brazo de la noche
entra por mi ventana. 

Un gran brazo moreno
con pulseras de agua. 

S...Read more of this...
by García Lorca, Federico


Para Ser Grande

...era ou exclui.
Sê todo em cada coisa. Põe quanto és
 No mínimo que fazes.
Assim em cada lago a lua toda
 Brilha, porque alta vive....Read more of this...
by Pessoa, Fernando

Paradiso (Italian)

...che di larga parca
discese, avria mestier di tal milizia
che non curasse di mettere in arca».
 «Per? ch'i' credo che l'alta letizia
che 'l tuo parlar m'infonde, segnor mio,
l? 've ogne ben si termina e s'inizia,
 per te si veggia come la vegg'io,
grata m'? pi?; e anco quest'ho caro
perch? 'l discerni rimirando in Dio.
 Fatto m'hai lieto, e cos? mi fa chiaro,
poi che, parlando, a dubitar m'hai mosso
com'esser pu?, di dolce seme, amaro».
 Questo io a lui; ed elli a me: «S'io p...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante

Phyllis

...Phyllis,
such a heavenly creature,
grace's gift to the world,
heaven's very perfection.

    On your most hallowed altars
no Sheban gums are burnt,
no human blood is spilt,
no throat of beast is slit,

    for even warring desires
within the human breast
are a sacrifice unclean,
a tie to things material,

    and only when the soul
is afire with holiness
does sacrifice glow pure,
is adoration mute.

    .....

    I, my dearest Phyllis,
who revere you a...Read more of this...
by Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sor

See, how it stands (VIDES UT ALTA)

...See, how it stands, one pile of snow,
       Soracte! 'neath the pressure yield
     Its groaning woods; the torrents' flow
       With clear sharp ice is all congeal'd.
     Heap high the logs, and melt the cold,
       Good Thaliarch; draw the wine we ask,
     That mellower vintage, four-year-old,
       From out the cellar'd Sabine cask.
  ...Read more of this...
by Horace,

Sonnet 02

...
Che dolcemente mostra si di fuora
De suoi atti soavi giamai parco,
E i don', che son d'amor saette ed arco,
La onde l' alta tua virtu s'infiora.
Quando tu vaga parli, O lieta canti
Che mover possa duro alpestre legno, 
Guardi ciascun a gli occhi ed a gli orecchi
L'entrata, chi di te si truova indegno;
Gratia sola di su gli vaglia, inanti
Che'l disio amoroso al cuor s'invecchi....Read more of this...
by Milton, John

Sonnet II

...SONNET II. Rotta è l' alta Colonna, e 'l verde Lauro. HE BEWAILS HIS DOUBLE LOSS IN THE DEATHS OF LAURA, AND OF COLONNA.  Fall'n that proud Column, fall'n that Laurel tree,Whose shelter once relieved my wearied mind;I'm reft of what I ne'er again...Read more of this...
by Petrarch, Francesco

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