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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET, by CECCO ANGIOLIERI DA SIENA Poet's Biography First Line: If I were fire, I'd burn the world; if wind Last Line: Leaving the old and ugly to another. | |||
IF I were fire, I'd burn the world; if wind, Around about it furiously I'd blow; If water, drowning it would suit my mind; If God, then I'd dispatch it straight below; If I were pope, I'd have a bit of fun By setting Christians one against another; If emp'ror, well, what think ye I'd have done? All heads chopped off, and so an end to bother! I would go seek my father were I death; But were I life from him I'd flee away; And I'd behave the same towards my mother; If Cecco, as I am and draw my breath, I'd choose such ladies as are young and gay, Leaving the old and ugly to another. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET: HE RAILS AGAINST DANTE, WHO CENSURED HIS HOMAGE TO BECCHINA by CECCO ANGIOLIERI DA SIENA SONNET: OF ALL HE WOULD DO by CECCO ANGIOLIERI DA SIENA SONNET: OF BECCHINA IN A RAGE by CECCO ANGIOLIERI DA SIENA WILLOW POEM by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS PLEAD FOR ME by EMILY JANE BRONTE DESPAIR AND FEAR by EMILY DICKINSON THE SONG OF THE OLD MOTHER by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS SONNET by WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1567-1640) THE WARM CRADLE by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA THE SHEPHERD O' THE FARM by WILLIAM BARNES |
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