"The Alps neglect their curtains"
Dante, Cleary, Dickinson, Wright, Chaucer
Dante Alighieri:
E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle
[And so we came forth and once again beheld the stars]
Suzanne Cleary:
Emily Dickinson:
Our lives are Swiss - / So still - so cool - / Till some odd afternoon / The Alps neglect their curtains / And we look further on. / Italy stands the other side. / While like a guard between - / The solemn Alps - / The siren Alps /Forever intervene -:
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James Wright:
Chaucer, re Dante, late 14th Century:
The grete poete of Ytaille.
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