Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Italy: Vols. XI–XIII. 1876–79. | | | | Naples | | The Tomb of Sannazzaro | | Benedetto Menzini (1646–1704) |
| | Translated by Capel Lofft
’T IS Sannazzaro’s tomb! Good shepherds, pause | |
| In veneration! rare shall ye behold | |
| Such splendid honors light on mortal mold! | |
| The sculptured myrtle, sacred laurel, draws | |
| To the great votary of Phœbean laws | 5 |
| The charmed remembrance! On the marble scrolled | |
| Foliage and fruits intwine in graceful fold: | |
| And central, as a goddess, Naples awes. | |
| On one side nets, extended on the sand, | |
| And in the distance a small bark, appear: | 10 |
| Flutes on the other, and a sylvan band. | |
| Nymphs of the groves, and of the waters clear, | |
| A name to fill, like his, the sea and land | |
| Hath Rome or Athens wafted to your ear? | | | | |
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