Religion
From the Italian of Giovanni Strozzi
From Poems and Ballads (Third Series)
Religion
Night, whom in shape so sweet thou here may'st see
Sleeping, was by an Angel sculptured thus
In marble, and since she sleeps hath life like us:
Thou doubt'st? Awake her: she will speak to thee.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “From the Italian of Giovanni Strozzi.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/272/.
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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “From the Italian of Giovanni Strozzi.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/272/.
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