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Famous Dura Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry 
...BALLATA VI. Di tempo in tempo mi si fa men dura. THOUGH SHE BE LESS SEVERE, HE IS STILL NOT CONTENTED AND TRANQUIL AT HEART.  From time to time more clemency for meIn that sweet smile and angel form I trace;Seem too her lovely faceAnd lustrous e...Read more of this...
by Petrarch, Francesco

...e Sueciae transmissam
Bellipotens Virgo, septem Regina Trionum.
Christina, Arctoi lucida stella Poli;
Cernis quas merui dura sub Casside Rugas;
Sicque Senex Armis impiger Ora fero;
Invia Fatorum dum per Vestigia nitor,
Exequor & Populi fortia Jussa Manu.
At tibi submittit frontem reverentior Umbra,
Nec sunt hi Vultus Regibus usque truces....Read more of this...
by Marvell, Andrew 
...n di nostra vita

mi ritrovai per una selva oscura

ch? la diritta via era smarrita.

 Ahi quanto a dir qual era ? cosa dura

esta selva selvaggia e aspra e forte

che nel pensier rinova la paura!

 Tant'? amara che poco ? pi? morte;

ma per trattar del ben ch'i' vi trovai,

dir? de l'altre cose ch'i' v'ho scorte.

 Io non so ben ridir com'i' v'intrai,

tant'era pien di sonno a quel punto

che la verace via abbandonai.

 Ma poi ch'i' fui al pi? d'un colle giunto,

l? dove ter...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante 
...found myself within a shadowed forest,
for I had lost the path that does not stray.


Ahi quanto a dir qual era ? cosa dura
esta selva selvaggia e aspra e forte
che nel pensier rinova la paura !

Ah, it is hard to speak of what it was,
that savage forest, dense and difficult,
which even in recall renews my fear:


Tant'? amara che poco ? pi? morte;
ma per trattar del ben ch'i' vi trovai,
dir? de l'altre cose ch'i' v'ho scorte .

so bitter-death is hardly more severe!
But to ...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante 
...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 shall endure as long as the world lasts, 


l'amico mio, e non de la ventura, 
ne la diserta piaggia ? impedito 
s? nel cammin, che volt'? per paura ; 

my friend, who has not been the friend of fortune, 
is hindered in his path a...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante

...erales sue?an
ver?nicas de alhel?,
voces de muerte sonaron
cerca del Guadalquivir.

Antonio Torres Heredia,
Camborio de dura crin,
moreno de verde luna,
voz de clavel varonil:
?qui?n te ha quitado la vida 
cerca del Guadalquivir?
Mis cuatro primos Heredias
hijos de Benamej?.
Lo que en otros no envidiaban,
ya lo envidiaban en m?.
Zapatos color corinto,
medallones de marfil,
y este cutis amasado
con aceituna y jazm?n.
?Ay Anto?ito el Camborio,
digno de una Emperatriz!
Acu?rate ...Read more of this...
by García Lorca, Federico 
...come ti tira
uno e altro disio, s? che tua cura
s? stessa lega s? che fuor non spira.
 Tu argomenti: "Se 'l buon voler dura,
la violenza altrui per qual ragione
di meritar mi scema la misura?".
 Ancor di dubitar ti d? cagione
parer tornarsi l'anime a le stelle,
secondo la sentenza di Platone.
 Queste son le question che nel tuo velle
pontano igualmente; e per? pria
tratter? quella che pi? ha di felle.
 D'i Serafin colui che pi? s'india,
Mois?, Samuel, e quel Giovanni
che pre...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante 
...he internal walls of the cranium

so firmly that while sawing the bone around the interior to

detach the bone from the dura the strength of two robust men

was not sufficient. . . . The cerebrum with cerebellum

weighed about six medical pounds. The kidneys were very

large but healthy and the urinary bladder was relatively

small. "

 On May 2, 1824, the body of Trout Fishing in America

left Missolonghi by ship destined to arrive in England on the

evening of June 29, 1824...Read more of this...
by Brautigan, Richard 
...imo,
là giù colà dove la batte l'onda,
porta di giunchi sovra 'l molle limo;
 null'altra pianta che facesse fronda
o indurasse, vi puote aver vita,
però ch'a le percosse non seconda.
 Poscia non sia di qua vostra reddita;
lo sol vi mosterrà, che surge omai,
prendere il monte a più lieve salita».
 Così sparì; e io sù mi levai
sanza parlare, e tutto mi ritrassi
al duca mio, e li occhi a lui drizzai.
 El cominciò: «Figliuol, segui i miei passi:
volgianci in dietro, ché di qua d...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante 
...
To mount where more of him shall yet be given, 
Bereft of all retreat,
To sevenfold heat,— 
As on a day when three in Dura shared 
The furnace, and were spared 
For glory by that king of Babylon 
Who made himself so great that God, who heard,
Covered him with long feathers, like a bird. 

Again, he may have gone down easily, 
By comfortable altitudes, and found, 
As always, underneath him solid ground 
Whereon to be sufficient and to stand
Possessed already of the promised ...Read more of this...
by Robinson, Edwin Arlington

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