Famous Angelica Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Angelica poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous angelica poems. These examples illustrate what a famous angelica poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Seeger, Alan
...re the blue currents flow,
The shores of Lesser Brittany to lave,
And, looking down while sailing to and fro,
He saw Angelica chained to the rock below.
'Twas on the Island of Complaint -- well named,
For there to that inhospitable shore,
A savage people, cruel and untamed,
Brought the rich prize of many a hateful war.
To feed a monster that bestead them sore,
They of fair ladies those that loveliest shone,
Of tender maidens they the tenderest bore,
And, ...Read more of this...
by
Alighieri, Dante
...he di comandare io la richiesi.
Lucevan li occhi suoi pi? che la stella;
e cominciommi a dir soave e piana,
con angelica voce, in sua favella:
"O anima cortese mantoana,
di cui la fama ancor nel mondo dura,
e durer? quanto 'l mondo lontana,
l'amico mio, e non de la ventura,
ne la diserta piaggia ? impedito
s? nel cammin, che volt'? per paura;
e temo che non sia gi? s? smarrito,
ch'io mi sia tardi al soccorso levata,
per quel ch'i' ho di lui nel cielo udito...Read more of this...
by
Alighieri, Dante
...lored to serve at her command.
Lucevan li occhi suoi pi? che la stella;
e cominciommi a dir soave e piana,
con angelica voce, in sua favella :
Her eyes surpassed the splendor of the star's;
and she began to speak to me-so gently
and softly-with angelic voice. She said:
"O anima cortese mantoana,
di cui la fama ancor nel mondo dura,
e durer? quanto 'l mondo lontana ,
'O spirit of the courteous Mantuan,
whose fame is still a presence in the world
and s...Read more of this...
by
Smart, Christopher
...
Let Lebana rejoice with Amaranthoides Globe Amaranth.
Let Rephaiah the Son of Hur rejoice with the Berry-bearing Angelica.
Let Harhaiah of the Goldsmiths rejoice with Segullum, the earth that detects the mine.
Let Harumaph rejoice with the Upright Honeysuckle.
Let Hashabniah rejoice with the Water Melon. Blessed be the manuscripts of Almighty God.
Let Phaseah rejoice with the Cassioberry Bush.
Let Nephishesim rejoice with Cannacorus In...Read more of this...
by
Milton, John
...thern powers,
Besieged Albracea, as romances tell,
The city of Gallaphrone, from thence to win
The fairest of her sex, Angelica,
His daughter, sought by many prowest knights,
Both Paynim and the peers of Charlemane.
Such and so numerous was their chivalry;
At sight whereof the Fiend yet more presumed,
And to our Saviour thus his words renewed:—
"That thou may'st know I seek not to engage
Thy virtue, and not every way secure
On no slight grounds thy safety, hear and mark...Read more of this...
by
Petrarch, Francesco
...SONNET VIII. Poichè la vista angelica serena. WITH HER, HIS ONLY SOLACE, IS TAKEN AWAY ALL HIS DESIRE OF LIFE. Since her calm angel face, long beauty's fane,My beggar'd soul by this brief parting throwsIn darkest horrors and in deepest ...Read more of this...
by
Koch, Kenneth
...g all over is another
one.
A serious moment for the
telephone is when it rings.
And a person answers, it is
Angelica, or is it you.
A serious moment for the fly is
when its wings
Are moving, and a serious
moment for the duck
Is when it swims, when it first
touches water, then spreads
Its smile upon the water...
A serious moment for the match
is when it burst into flame...
Serious for me that I met you, and
serious for you
That ...Read more of this...
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