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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 GUARDIANSHIP by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON BALLAD OF THE GIBBET by FRANCOIS VILLON SACRIFICE by RALPH WALDO EMERSON ARIZONA POEMS: 4. THE WINDMILLS by JOHN GOULD FLETCHER SANCTUARY by LOUISE IMOGEN GUINEY THE WHITE MAN'S BURDEN by RUDYARD KIPLING THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRS by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW |
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