Famous Sui Poems by Famous Poets

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

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Inferno (Italian)

...comincia' io:

 "O donna di virt?, sola per cui

l'umana spezie eccede ogne contento

di quel ciel c'ha minor li cerchi sui,

 tanto m'aggrada il tuo comandamento,

che l'ubidir, se gi? fosse, m'? tardi;

pi? non t'? uo' ch'aprirmi il tuo talento.

 Ma dimmi la cagion che non ti guardi

de lo scender qua giuso in questo centro

de l'ampio loco ove tornar tu ardi".

 "Da che tu vuo' saver cotanto a dentro,

dirotti brievemente", mi rispuose,

"perch'io non temo di venir qua en...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante


Inferno Canto02

...nt. I began: 


"O donna di virt?, sola per cui 
l'umana spezie eccede ogne contento 
di quel ciel c'ha minor li cerchi sui , 

'O Lady of virtue, the sole reason why 
the human race surpasses all that lies 
beneath the heaven with the smallest spheres, 


tanto m'aggrada il tuo comandamento, 
che l'ubidir, se gi? fosse, m'? tardi; 
pi? non t'? uo' ch'aprirmi il tuo talento . 

so welcome is your wish, that even if 
it were already done, it would seem tardy; 
all you need do ...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante

Inferno Canto03

...; 

And I, looking more closely, saw a banner 
that, as it wheeled about, raced on-so quick 
that any respite seemed unsuited to it. 


e dietro le ven?a s? lunga tratta 
di gente, ch'i' non averei creduto 
che morte tanta n'avesse disfatta . 

Behind that banner trailed so long a file 
of people-I should never have believed 
that death could have unmade so many souls. 


Poscia ch'io v'ebbi alcun riconosciuto, 
vidi e conobbi l'ombra di colui 
che fece per viltade il gran r...Read more of this...
by Alighieri, Dante

Piccolo Valzer Viennese

...,
vi giocano la tua bocca e gli echi. 
C'è una morte per pianoforte
che tinge d'azzurro i giovanotti. 
Ci sono mendichi sui terrazzi. E
fresche ghirlande di pianto. 

Ahi! Ahi! Ahi! Ahi! 
Prendi questo valzer che spira fra le mie braccia.
Perchè io ti amo, ti amo, amore mio,
nella soffitta dove giocano i bambini,
sognando vecchie luci d'Ungheria 
nel mormorio di una sera mite, 
vedendo agnelli e gigli di neve 
nell'oscuro silenzio delle tue tempie.

Ahi! Ahi! Ahi! Ahi!
Prendi...Read more of this...
by Jonson, Ben

Ros

...a Roris,
Inque Rosas roseo transfluat orta sinu.
Sollicita Flores stant ambitione supini,
Et certant foliis pellicuisse suis.
Illa tamen patriae lustrans fastigia Sphaerae,
Negligit hospitii limina picta novi.
Inque sui nitido conclusa voluminis orbe,
Exprimit aetherei qua licet Orbis aquas.
En ut odoratum spernat generosior Ostrum,
Vixque premat casto mollia strata pede.
Suspicit at longis distantem obtutibus Axem,
Inde & languenti lumine pendet amans,
Tristis, & in liquidum...Read more of this...
by Marvell, Andrew


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