Category: Poetry
Michelangelo, who considered himself as primarily sculptor, afterwards painter, disclaimed the character of poet by profession. He was nevertheless prolific in verse; the pieces which survive, in number more than two hundred, probably represent only a small part of his activit...
Michelangelo, who considered himself as primarily sculptor, afterwards painter, disclaimed the character of poet by profession. He was nevertheless prolific in verse; the pieces...
2. Part 2Hand in hand with this Hellenic, one might say human mysticism, went the Christian mysticism expressed in the poetry of Dante. In place of the serene archetype, the apotheosis o...
3. Part 3_I’ mi credetti, il primo giorno ch’ io Mira’ tante bellezze uniche e sole, Fermar gli occhi, com’ aquila nel sole, Nella minor di tante ch’ i’ desio. Po’ conosciut’ ho il fallo...
4. Part 4_Se d’una pietra viva L’arte vuol che qui viva Al par degli anni il volto di costei; Che dovria il ciel di lei, Sendo mie questa, e quella suo fattura; Nè già mortal, ma diva, N...
5. Part 5_Lezzi, vezzi, carezze, or feste e perle; Chi potria ma’ vederle Cogli atti suo’ divin l’uman lavoro, Ove l’argento e l’oro Da le’ ricieve o duplica suo luce? Ogni gemma più luc...
6. Part 6Two other sonnets, Nos. LXIII and LXIV, breathe an atmosphere of the most gloomy despair. The first expresses a profound self-reproach; the time to soar heavenward was while the...
7. Part 7