Poem of the Week – When the Troops Were Returning from Milan by Niccolo Degli Albizzi
In this week’s poem, Niccolo Degli Albizzi describes the sorry sight of a procession of Roman soldiers returning from battle.
In this week’s poem, Niccolo Degli Albizzi describes the sorry sight of a procession of Roman soldiers returning from battle.
Wilde’s vivid sketch of 19th century Afghanistan is well worth revisiting.
In this week’s poem, Cavafy uses the telling of Odysseus’ travels to emphasise the importance of the journey, not just the destination.
In this week’s poem, the speaker tells the woman he loves he would spend eternity adoring her if he could.
This week’s poem exhibits some of the traits that characterise that energetic and exalted phase in European literature.
This weeks poem displays Robert Bridge’s delicacy and proneness to praise.
In this week’s poem, Thomas Hardy depicts a funeral procession and engages with themes of religion and the sublime.
In this week’s poem Rainer Maria Rilke compares the movement of a swan to man’s experience of life and death.
This week’s poem by William Blake is a fitting celebration of the Summer Solstice.
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