GOLDONI -- good, gay, sunniest of souls, -- Glassing half Venice in that verse of thine, -- What though it just reflect the shade and shine Of common life, nor render, as it rolls, Grandeur and gloom? Sufficient for thy shoals Was Carnival; Parini's depths enshrine Secrets unsuited to that opaline Surface of things which laughs along thy scrolls There throng the people: how they come and go Lisp the soft language, flaunt the bright garb, -- see, -- On Piazza, Calle, under Portico And over Bridge! Dear king of Comedy, Be honored! thou that didst love Venice so, Venice, and we who love her, all love thee! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BRIDE by DAVID HERBERT LAWRENCE THE DEFINITION OF LOVE by ANDREW MARVELL EXODUS FOR OREGON by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER A MORTIFYING MISTAKE by ANNA MARIA PRATT SONG, WRITTEN AT SEA, IN THE FIRST DUTCH WAR, 1665 ... by CHARLES SACKVILLE (1637-1706) PEG OF LIMAVADDY by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY SLEEPING BEAUTY by LOUISE VICTORINE ACKERMANN |