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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET, by ARTHUR HENRY HALLAM Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lady, I bid thee to a sunny dome Last Line: An english maiden and an english wife. Subject(s): Tennyson, Emily Sellwood | |||
LADY, I bid thee to a sunny dome Ringing with echoes of Italian song; Henceforth to thee these magic halls belong, And all the pleasant place is like a home. Hark, on the right with full piano tone, Old Dante's voice encircles all the air; Hark yet again, like flute-tones mingling rare, Comes the keen sweetness of Petrarca's moan. Pass thou the lintel freely: without fear Feast on the music: I do better know thee, Than to suspect this pleasure thou dost owe me Will wrong thy gentle spirit, or make less dear That element whence thou must draw thy life -- An English maiden and an English wife. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FAREWELL TO GLENARBAC by ARTHUR HENRY HALLAM A SCENE IN SUMMER by ARTHUR HENRY HALLAM TO MY MOTHER by ARTHUR HENRY HALLAM WRITTEN AT CAUDEBEC IN NORMANDY by ARTHUR HENRY HALLAM WRITTEN IN EDINBURGH by ARTHUR HENRY HALLAM A MEMORY OF THE PLAYERS IN A MIRROR AT MIDNIGHT by JAMES JOYCE SORROWING LOVE by KATHERINE MANSFIELD THE MOURNING-GARMENT: THE SHEPHERD'S WIFE'S SONG by ROBERT GREENE |
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