Poems, 1914-1919

<h3><SPAN name="ITALY" id="ITALY"></SPAN>ITALY</h3> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="smcap">The</span> almond trees of Tuscany in flower,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Narcissus and the tulip growing wild;<br/></span> <span class="i0">White oxen; and like a lily undefiled,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Beyond the misty plain, the marble tower;<br/></span> <span class="i0">The roses and the corn upon the hill,<br/></span> <span class="i0">The Judas-tree against the solid blue;<br/></span> <span class="i0">The fire-flies, and the downy owl’s too-whoo,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Thy Aziola, Shelley, plaintive still.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">The lisp of Baiæ’s phosphorescent foam;<br/></span> <span class="i0">And Venice like a bubble made of dew,<br/></span> <span class="i0">A shell transfigured with the rainbow’s hue;<br/></span> <span class="i0">The Appian Way beneath a sullen sky,<br/></span> <span class="i0">(The shepherd’s pipe is like a seagull’s cry)<br/></span> <span class="i0">And in a silver rift, eternal Rome.<br/></span></div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_032" id="page_032"></SPAN>{32}</span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />