What do poets say about Tuscany

What do poets say about Tuscany is what we have added to almost every page of our website. Most of the pages start with a title followed by a poet one liner. We did not add the name of the poet on the page, but below you will have the full list, the one liner and poet name:

  •  The old walls preserve the warmth of times gone by – D.H. Lawrence
  •  Silence turned to stone under the wide sky – Rainer Maria Rilke
  •  In Tuscany, love lives in old stones – unknown
  •  The olive shades the earth with ancient peace – Percy Bysshe Shelley
  •  The houses cling to the hills like sun-warmed stone – D.H. Lawrence
  • Here everything is silence and space – Rainer Maria Rilke
  • This is Tuscany as a place where “the soul breathes again.” – Herman Hesse
  • The landscape is like a silent conversation – Rainer Maria Rilke
  • The cypresses, so dark and still against the sky – D.H. Lawrence
  • The cypresses that at Bolgheri, tall and straight, go from San Guido in double file… – Giosuè Carducci
  • The sun is warm, the sky is clear; the wine tastes of the hills – Percy Bysshe Shelley