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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SNOWFALL, by GIOSUE CARDUCCI Poet's Biography First Line: Silently, slowly falls the snow from an ashen sky Last Line: Down to the silence I come, in the shadow I will rest. | |||
SILENTLY, slowly falls the snow from an ashen sky, Cries, and sounds of life from the city rise no more, No more the hawker's shout and the sound of running wheels, No more the joyous song of love and youth arise. Raucously from the somber spire through the leaden air The hours moan, like sighs of a world removed from time. Wandering birds insistent knock on the glowing panes. My ghostly friends return, and gaze, and call to me. Soon, my dear ones, soon—be still, O dauntless heart— Down to the silence I come, in the shadow I will rest. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN ANCIENT PROVERB by WILLIAM BLAKE SONNETS OF MANHOOD: 4. THE OLD VALLEY by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) THE CENTAUR'S FAREWELL by WILLIAM ROSE BENET THE MURDERED TRAVELLER by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT THE LANGUAGE OF THE EYES by EDWARD GEORGE EARLE LYTTON BULWER-LYTTON THE WANDERER: 2. IN FRANCE: A L'ENTRESOL by EDWARD ROBERT BULWER-LYTTON |
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