Greek and Roman – Various
Here you can find various ancient Greek and Roman authors.
Day: March 18, 2020
Giorgio Caproni (1912-1990)
Giorgio Caproni was an Italian poet, literary critic and translator. His poetry speaks about recurring themes as Genoa, Livorno, language and travel, with a sense of immediacy and a broken meter.
Torquato Tasso (1544-1595)
Torquato Tasso was an Italian poet, best known for his poem Gerusalemme liberata (Jerusalem Delivered, 1581). Tasso suffered from mental illness and died a few days before he was due to be crowned on the Capitoline Hill as the king of poets by the Pope.
Sibilla Aleramo – Imminente Sera / Upcoming evening
Edward Burne-Jones, Night, 1870 Vast night tremble, sky high fragrance! I hear blue stars whispering words to me, not spoken by a human voice, but by a bright gem. On dreamy cliffs and shady brambles life lies silently faraway, in so much light of heaven, beloved light, endless fleeing life. (Transl. by D. Foglia) Vasto …
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Sibilla Aleramo – Anima spodestata
Fernand Khnopff, Listening to Schumann, 1883 Senza parole in petto, anima spodestata sono, nessuna antenna per richiamarti, solo questo mio silenzio, groviglio in cui ardo, – qualche lagrima rara mi si posa come vento sulle ciglia, tu non la senti e l’incendio più avvampa silenzioso – anima spodestata sono, nessuna antenna per richiamarti, nessuna parola… …
Sibilla Aleramo – Nome non ha
Henri Gervex (1852-1929), After the ball Nome non ha, amore non voglio chiamarlo questo che provo per te, non voglio che tu irrida al cuor mio com’ altri a’ miei canti, ma, guarda, se amore non è pur vero è che di tutto quanto al mondo vive nulla m’importa come di te, de’ tuoi occhi …