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Famous Basta Poems by Famous Poets

These are examples of famous Basta poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous basta poems. These examples illustrate what a famous basta poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).

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by Alighieri, Dante
...riti son questi che tu vedi?

Or vo' che sappi, innanzi che pi? andi,

 ch'ei non peccaro; e s'elli hanno mercedi,

non basta, perch? non ebber battesmo,

ch'? porta de la fede che tu credi;

 e s'e' furon dinanzi al cristianesmo,

non adorar debitamente a Dio:

e di questi cotai son io medesmo.

 Per tai difetti, non per altro rio,

semo perduti, e sol di tanto offesi,

che sanza speme vivemo in disio».

 Gran duol mi prese al cor quando lo 'ntesi,

per? che gente di...Read more of this...



by Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sor
...uando yo mía
te llamo, no pretendo
que juzguen que eres mía,
sino sólo que yo ser tuya quiero.

    Yo te vi; 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
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by Juana Inés de la Cruz, Sor
...uando yo mía
te llamo, no pretendo
que juzguen que eres mía,
sino sólo que yo ser tuya quiero.

    Yo te vi; 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
...Read more of this...

by Lawrence, D. H.
...a little loose earth, afraid of the night,
To crop a little substance,
To move, and to be quite sure that he is moving:
Basta!
To be a tortoise!
Think of it, in a garden of inert clods
A brisk, brindled little tortoise, all to himself --
Adam!

In a garden of pebbles and insects
To roam, and feel the slow heart beat
Tortoise-wise, the first bell sounding
From the warm blood, in the dark-creation morning.

Moving, and being himself,
Slow, and unquestioned,
And inordinately...Read more of this...

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