
All from The Vow of the Peacock - Second Canto
The Vow of the Peacock (1835)
"Bereavement".
All from The Vow of the Peacock - Second Canto
The Vow of the Peacock (1835)
“What is a street? It is where the living weep, where the dead go off in silence to their peace.”
The Bicycle Rider In Beverly Hills (1952)
(21st August 1830) The Legacy of the Roses
The London Literary Gazette, 1830
“I will rise again, a foe, fierce, bold,
Though dead, though slain, though burnt to ashes cold.”
Risorgero nemico ognor piu crudo,
Cenere anco sepolto, e spirto ignudo!
Canto IX, stanza 99 (tr. Fairfax)
Gerusalemme Liberata (1581)