Famous Porte Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Porte poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous porte poems. These examples illustrate what a famous porte poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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sette volte cerchiato d'alte mura,
difeso intorno d'un bel fiumicello.
Questo passammo come terra dura;
per sette porte intrai con questi savi:
giugnemmo in prato di fresca verdura.
Genti v'eran con occhi tardi e gravi,
di grande autorit? ne' lor sembianti:
parlavan rado, con voci soavi.
Traemmoci cos? da l'un de' canti,
in loco aperto, luminoso e alto,
s? che veder si potien tutti quanti.
Col? diritto, sovra 'l verde smalto,
mi fuor mostrati li spiriti magn...Read more of this...
by
Alighieri, Dante
...Great Sultan, how wise are thy state compositions!
And oh, above all, I admire that Decree,
In which thou command'st, that all she politicians
Shall forthwith be strangled and cast in the sea.
'Tis my fortune to know a lean Benthamite spinster --
A maid, who her faith in old Jeremy puts;
Who talks, with a lisp, of the "last new Westminster,"
And hopes you...Read more of this...
by
Moore, Thomas
...a se mi contenti
del nome tuo e de la vostra sorte».
Ond'ella, pronta e con occhi ridenti:
«La nostra carit? non serra porte
a giusta voglia, se non come quella
che vuol simile a s? tutta sua corte.
I' fui nel mondo vergine sorella;
e se la mente tua ben s? riguarda,
non mi ti celer? l'esser pi? bella,
ma riconoscerai ch'i' son Piccarda,
che, posta qui con questi altri beati,
beata sono in la spera pi? tarda.
Li nostri affetti, che solo infiammati
son nel piacer de lo Spi...Read more of this...
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Alighieri, Dante
...Poem by Anne-Marie Derése.
Pardon si j'ai ri
dans vos chapelles,
pardon si j'ai claquè
la porte de l'h?pital,
pardon pour le bruit,
pour la vie,
pour l'amour auquel
je n'avais pas droit.
Pardon de ne pas vous ressembler....Read more of this...
by
Skillman, Judith
...a
Cet homme sait bien. Les mots de cette voix sont
Des songes et des mensonges. Il prend choix,
Il prend la volonte, il porte la fin d'ete.
La guerre. Ecoutez-moi! Il porte la mort."
He stands there speaking and they laugh to hear
Rage and excitement from the foreigner....Read more of this...
by
Schwartz, Delmore
...nd press'd
Against his lips; long time they stood there, fann'd
By gentle gusts of quiet frosty wind,
Till Mador de la porte a-going by,
And my own horsehoofs roused them; they untwined,
And parted like a dream. In this way I,
With sleepy face bent to the chapel floor,
Kept musing half asleep, till suddenly
A sharp bell rang from close beside the door,
And I leapt up when something pass'd me by,
Shrill ringing going with it, still half blind
I stagger'd after, a great sens...Read more of this...
by
Morris, William
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("L'aube naît et ta porte est close.")
{XXIII., February, 18—.}
Though heaven's gate of light uncloses,
Thou stirr'st not—thou'rt laid to rest,
Waking are thy sister roses,
One only dreamest on thy breast.
Hear me, sweet dreamer!
Tell me all thy fears,
Trembling in song,
But to break in tears.
Lo! to greet thee, spirits pressing,
S...Read more of this...
by
Hugo, Victor
...of a Moslem.
(31) Paswan Oglou, the rebel of Widdin; who, for the last years of his life, set the whole power of the Porte at defiance.
(32) "Horse-tail," the standard of a Pacha.
(33) Giaffir, Pacha of Argyro Castro, or Scutari, I am not sure which, was actually taken off by the Albanian Ali, in the manner described in the text. Ali Pacha, while I was in the country, married the daughter of his victim, some years after the event had taken place at a bath in Sophia, or...Read more of this...
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Byron, George (Lord)
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