Saturday, March 28, 2009

Symbolism


Isabella; or, The Pot of Basil

A Story from Boccaccio


FAIR Isabel, poor simple Isabel!
Lorenzo, a young palmer in Love’s eye!
They could not in the self-same mansion dwell
Without some stir of heart, some malady;
They could not sit at meals but feel how well
It soothed each to be the other by;
They could not, sure, beneath the same roof sleep
But to each other dream, and nightly weep...


John Keats


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