Famous Eternal City Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Eternal City poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous eternal city poems. These examples illustrate what a famous eternal city poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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..., to those who see
The enduring greatness of his destiny,
Who in the Empyrean Heaven elect was called
Sire of the Eternal City, that throned and walled
Made Empire of the world beyond, to be
The Holy Place at last, by God's decree,
Where the great Peter's follower rules. For he
Learned there the causes of his victory.
"And later to the third great Heaven was caught
The last Apostle, and thence returning brought
The proofs of our salvation. But, for me,
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by
Alighieri, Dante
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