Famous Ravenna Poems by Famous Poets
These are examples of famous Ravenna poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous ravenna poems. These examples illustrate what a famous ravenna poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).
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...that thou
Hast pitied us condemned, misfortunate. -
Of that which please thee, if the winds allow,
Gladly I tell. Ravenna, on that shore
Where Po finds rest for all his streams, we knew;
And there love conquered. Love, in gentle heart
So quick to take dominion, overthrew
Him with my own fair body, and overbore
Me with delight to please him. Love, which gives
No pardon to the loved, so strongly in me
Was empired, that its rule, as here ye see,
Endureth, n...Read more of this...
by
Alighieri, Dante
...a Varo infino a Reno,
Isara vide ed Era e vide Senna
e ogne valle onde Rodano ? pieno.
Quel che f? poi ch'elli usc? di Ravenna
e salt? Rubicon, fu di tal volo,
che nol seguiteria lingua n? penna.
Inver' la Spagna rivolse lo stuolo,
poi ver' Durazzo, e Farsalia percosse
s? ch'al Nil caldo si sent? del duolo.
Antandro e Simeonta, onde si mosse,
rivide e l? dov'Ettore si cuba;
e mal per Tolomeo poscia si scosse.
Da indi scese folgorando a Iuba;
onde si volse nel vostro occid...Read more of this...
by
Alighieri, Dante
...forest-pines,
I rode at will; the moist glad air was sweet,
The white road rang beneath my horse's feet,
And musing on Ravenna's ancient name,
I watched the day till, marked with wounds of flame,
The turquoise sky to burnished gold was turned.
O how my heart with boyish passion burned,
When far away across the sedge and mere
I saw that Holy City rising clear,
Crowned with her crown of towers! - On and on
I galloped, racing with the setting sun,
And ere the crimson after-glo...Read more of this...
by
Wilde, Oscar
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