Sonnet Lxxxiii. On Catania And Syracuse Swallowed Up By Earthquake Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCCBBCCBDEFDGF| FROM THE ITALIAN OF FILACAJA | A |
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| Here from laborious Art proud TOWNS ye rose | B |
| Here in an instant sunk nor ought remains | C |
| Of all ye were on the wide lonely plains | C |
| Not e'en a stone that might these words disclose | B |
| Here stood CATANIA or whose surface shows | B |
| That this was SYRACUSE but louring reigns | C |
| A trackless DESOLATION Dim Domains | C |
| Pale mournful Strand how oft with anxious throes | B |
| Seek I sad relics which no spot supplies | D |
| A SILENCE a fix'd HORROR sears my soul | E |
| Arrests my foot Dread DOOM of human crimes | F |
| What art thou Ye o'erwhelmed Cities rise | D |
| That your terrific skeletons may scowl | G |
| Portentous warning to succeeding Times | F |
Anna Seward
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