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Title: Austerity Of Poetry [Sonnet] Author: Matthew Arnold [More Titles by Arnold] That son of Italy who tried to blow,[1] Fair was the bride, and on her front did glow 'Mid struggling sufferers, hurt to death, she lay! Such, poets, is your bride, the Muse! young, gay,
[Footnote 1: _That son of Italy who tried to blow._ Giacopone di Todi.] [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |