Famous Festa Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Festa poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous festa poems. These examples illustrate what a famous festa poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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by
Browning, Robert
...in, how the lichens fret
And the roots of the ivy strike!
XVI.
Poor little place, where its one priest comes
On a festa-day, if he comes at all,
To the dozen folk from their scattered homes,
Gathered within that precinct small
By the dozen ways one roams---
XVII.
To drop from the charcoal-burners' huts,
Or climb from the hemp-dressers' low shed,
Leave the grange where the woodman stores his nuts,
Or the wattled cote where the fowlers spread
Their gear on the rock'...Read more of this...
by
Alighieri, Dante
...terne rose
volgiensi circa noi le due ghirlande,
e s? l'estrema a l'intima rispuose.
Poi che 'l tripudio e l'altra festa grande,
s? del cantare e s? del fiammeggiarsi
luce con luce gaudiose e blande,
insieme a punto e a voler quetarsi,
pur come li occhi ch'al piacer che i move
conviene insieme chiudere e levarsi;
del cor de l'una de le luci nove
si mosse voce, che l'ago a la stella
parer mi fece in volgermi al suo dove;
e cominci?: «L'amor che mi fa bella
mi tragge a ...Read more of this...
by
Alighieri, Dante
..., ma bordello!
Quell'anima gentil fu così presta,
sol per lo dolce suon de la sua terra,
di fare al cittadin suo quivi festa;
e ora in te non stanno sanza guerra
li vivi tuoi, e l'un l'altro si rode
di quei ch'un muro e una fossa serra.
Cerca, misera, intorno da le prode
le tue marine, e poi ti guarda in seno,
s'alcuna parte in te di pace gode.
Che val perché ti racconciasse il freno
Iustiniano, se la sella è vota?
Sanz'esso fora la vergogna meno.
Ahi gente c...Read more of this...
by
Lowell, Amy
...eyes,
Amethyst-flamed or ruby-girdled, jarred
To spokes and flashing triangles, and starred
Like rockets bursting on a festal day.
Charlotta could not tear herself away.
With eyes glued tightly on a golden box,
Whose rare enamel piqued her with its hue,
Changeable, iridescent, shuttlecocks
Of shades and lustres always darting through
Its level, superimposing sheet of blue,
Charlotta did not hear footsteps approaching.
She started at the words: "Am I encroaching?"...Read more of this...
by
Dyke, Henry Van
...I
BIRTHDAY VERSES
Dear Aldrich, now November's mellow days
Have brought another Festa round to you,
You can't refuse a loving-cup of praise
From friends the fleeting years have bound to you.
Here come your Marjorie Daw, your dear Bad Boy,
Prudence, and Judith the Bethulian,
And many more, to wish you birthday joy,
And sunny hours, and sky caerulean!
Your children all, they hurry to your den,
With wreaths of honour they have won ...Read more of this...
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