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Poems and Translations

Poems and Translations

by J. M. Synge

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Author
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374
Title
Poems and translations
Original Publication
Dublin: Maunsel & Company, Ltd., 1909, copyright 1910, pubdate 1911.
Credits
Carla Foust, Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Poetry -- Translations into English
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 73189
Release Date
March 17, 2024
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS
  3. 3.Untitled
  4. 4.CONTENTS
  5. 5.POEMS
  6. 6.PREFACE
  7. 7.QUEENS
  8. 8.IN KERRY
  9. 9.A WISH
  10. 10.THE ’MERGENCY MAN
  11. 11.DANNY
  12. 12.PATCH-SHANEEN
  13. 13.ON AN ISLAND
  14. 14.BEG-INNISH
  15. 15.EPITAPH
  16. 16.THE PASSING OF THE SHEE
  17. 17.ON AN ANNIVERSARY
  18. 18.TO THE OAKS OF GLENCREE
  19. 19.A QUESTION
  20. 20.DREAD
  21. 21.IN GLENCULLEN
  22. 22.I’VE THIRTY MONTHS
  23. 23.EPITAPH
  24. 24.PRELUDE
  25. 25.IN MAY
  26. 26.ON A BIRTHDAY
  27. 27.WINTER
  28. 28.THE CURSE.
  29. 29.TRANSLATIONS FROM PETRARCH
  30. 30.SONNETS FROM “LAURA IN DEATH” — LAURA BEING DEAD, PETRARCH FINDS TROUBLE IN ALL THE THINGS OF THE EARTH
  31. 31.HE ASKS HIS HEART TO RAISE ITSELF UP TO GOD
  32. 32.HE WISHES HE MIGHT DIE AND FOLLOW LAURA
  33. 33.LAURA IS EVER PRESENT TO HIM
  34. 34.HE CEASES TO SPEAK OF HER GRACES AND HER VIRTUES WHICH ARE NO MORE
  35. 35.HE IS JEALOUS OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH
  36. 36.THE FINE TIME OF THE YEAR INCREASES PETRARCH’S SORROW
  37. 37.HE UNDERSTANDS THE GREAT CRUELTY OF DEATH
  38. 38.THE SIGHT OF LAURA’S HOUSE REMINDS HIM OF THE GREAT HAPPINESS HE HAS LOST
  39. 39.HE SENDS HIS RHYMES TO THE TOMB OF LAURA TO PRAY HER TO CALL HIM TO HER
  40. 40.ONLY HE WHO MOURNS HER AND HEAVEN THAT POSSESSES HER, KNEW HER WHILE SHE LIVED
  41. 41.LAURA WAITS FOR HIM IN HEAVEN
  42. 42.TRANSLATIONS FROM VILLON AND OTHERS
  43. 43.VILLON PRAYER OF THE OLD WOMAN, VILLON’S MOTHER
  44. 44.VILLON AN OLD WOMAN’S LAMENTATIONS
  45. 45.COLIN MUSSET, AN OLD POET, COMPLAINS TO HIS PATRON
  46. 46.WALTER VON DER VOGELWEIDE
  47. 47.LEOPARDI SILVIA
  48. 48.Transcriber’s note

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