Arts & Sciences
Shakespeare in Italy
From Heroic Idyls (1863)
Arts & Sciences
Beyond our shores, past Alps and Appennines,
Shakespeare, from heaven came thy creative
breath,
Mid citron groves and over-arching vines
Thy genius wept at Desdemona's death.
In the proud sire thou badest anger cease
And Juliet by her Romeo sleep in peace ;
Then rose thy voice above the stormy sea,
And Ariel flew from Prospero to thee.
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MLA
Landor, Walter Savage. “Shakespeare in Italy.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/250/.
Chicago
Landor, Walter Savage. “Shakespeare in Italy.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/250/.
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