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The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch

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Author
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374
Title
The sonnets, triumphs, and other poems of Petrarch
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Produced by Ted Garvin, Taavi Kalju and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
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English
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PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
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Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374 -- Translations into English
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January 31, 2006
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Contents

  1. 1.THE SONNETS, TRIUMPHS, AND OTHER POEMS — OF — PETRARCH. — NOW FIRST COMPLETELY TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH VERSE
  2. 2.BY VARIOUS HANDS. — WITH A LIFE OF THE POET BY THOMAS CAMPBELL. — ILLUSTRATED WITH SIXTEEN ENGRAVINGS ON STEEL.
  3. 3.PREFACE.
  4. 4.LIST OF PLATES.
  5. 5.CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY OF PETRARCH'S LIFE.
  6. 6.THE LIFE OF PETRARCH.
  7. 7.ETC.
  8. 8.TO LAURA IN LIFE.
  9. 9.SONNET I. — Voi, ch' ascoltate in rime sparse il suono. — HE CONFESSES THE VANITY OF HIS PASSION
  10. 10.SONNET II. — Per far una leggiadra sua vendetta. — HOW HE BECAME THE VICTIM OF LOVE.
  11. 11.SONNET III. — Era 'l giorno ch' al sol si scoloraro. — HE BLAMES LOVE FOR WOUNDING HIM ON A HOLY DAY (GOOD FRIDAY).
  12. 12.SONNET IV. — Quel ch' infinita providenza ed arte. — HE CELEBRATES THE BIRTHPLACE OF LAURA.
  13. 13.SONNET V. — Quand' io movo i sospiri a chiamar voi. — HE PLAYS UPON THE NAME LAURETA OR LAURA.
  14. 14.SONNET VI. — Sì traviato è 'l folle mio desio. — OF HIS FOOLISH PASSION FOR LAURA.
  15. 15.SONNET VII. — La gola e 'l sonno e l' oziose piume. — TO A FRIEND, ENCOURAGING HIM TO PURSUE POETRY.
  16. 16.SONNET VIII. — A piè de' colli ove la bella vesta . — HE FEIGNS AN ADDRESS FROM SOME BIRDS WHICH HE HAD PRESENTED.
  17. 17.SONNET IX. — Quando 'l pianeta che distingue l' ore. — WITH A PRESENT OF FRUIT IN SPRING.
  18. 18.SONNET X. — Gloriosa Colonna, in cui s' appoggia. — TO STEFANO COLONNA THE ELDER, INVITING HIM TO THE COUNTRY.
  19. 19.BALLATA I. — Lassare il velo o per sole o per ombra. — PERCEIVING HIS PASSION, LAURA'S SEVERITY INCREASES.
  20. 20.SONNET XI. — Se la mia vita dall' aspro tormento. — HE HOPES THAT TIME WILL RENDER HER MORE MERCIFUL.
  21. 21.SONNET XII. — Quando fra l' altre donne ad ora ad ora. — THE BEAUTY OF LAURA LEADS HIM TO THE CONTEMPLATION OF THE SUPREME GOOD.
  22. 22.BALLATA II. — Occhi miei lassi, mentre ch' io vi giro. — HE INVITES HIS EYES TO FEAST THEMSELVES ON LAURA.
  23. 23.SONNET XIII. — Io mi rivolgo indietro a ciascun passo. — ON QUITTING LAURA.
  24. 24.SONNET XIV. — Movesi 'l vecchierel canuto e bianco. — HE COMPARES HIMSELF TO A PILGRIM.
  25. 25.SONNET XV. — Piovonmi amare lagrime dal viso . — HIS STATE WHEN LAURA IS PRESENT, AND WHEN SHE DEPARTS.
  26. 26.SONNET XVI. — Quand' io son tutto volto in quella parte. — HE FLIES, BUT PASSION PURSUES HIM.
  27. 27.SONNET XVII. — Son animali al mondo di sì altera. — HE COMPARES HIMSELF TO A MOTH.
  28. 28.SONNET XVIII. — Vergognando talor ch' ancor si taccia. — THE PRAISES OF LAURA TRANSCEND HIS POETIC POWERS.
  29. 29.SONNET XIX. — Mille fiate, o dolce mia guerrera. — HIS HEART, REJECTED BY LAURA, WILL PERISH, UNLESS SHE RELENT.
  30. 30.SESTINA I. — A qualunque animale alberga in terra. — NIGHT BRINGS HIM NO REST. HE IS THE PREY OF DESPAIR.
  31. 31.CANZONE I. — Nel dolce tempo della prima etade. — HIS SUFFERINGS SINCE HE BECAME THE SLAVE OF LOVE.
  32. 32.SONNET XX. — Se l' onorata fronde, che prescrive. — TO STRAMAZZO OF PERUGIA, WHO INVITED HIM TO WRITE POETRY.
  33. 33.SONNET XXI. — Amor piangeva, ed io con lui talvolta. — HE CONGRATULATES BOCCACCIO ON HIS RETURN TO THE RIGHT PATH.
  34. 34.SONNET XXII. — Più di me lieta non si vede a terra. — ON THE SAME SUBJECT.
  35. 35.SONNET XXIII. — Il successor di Carlo, che la chioma. — ON THE MOVEMENT OF THE EMPEROR AGAINST THE INFIDELS, AND THE RETURN OF THE POPE TO ROME.
  36. 36.CANZONE II. — O aspettata in ciel, beata e bella. — IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED CRUSADE AGAINST THE INFIDELS.
  37. 37.CANZONE III. — Verdi panni, sanguigni, oscuri o persi. — WHETHER OR NOT HE SHOULD CEASE TO LOVE LAURA.
  38. 38.SESTINA II — Giovane donna sott' un verde lauro. — THOUGH DESPAIRING OF PITY, HE VOWS TO LOVE HER UNTO DEATH.
  39. 39.SONNET XXIV. — Quest' anima gentil che si diparte. — ON LAURA DANGEROUSLY ILL.
  40. 40.SONNET XXV. — Quanto più m' avvicino al giorno estremo. — HE CONSOLES HIMSELF THAT HIS LIFE IS ADVANCING TO ITS CLOSE.
  41. 41.SONNET XXVI. — Già fiammeggiava l' amorosa stella. — LAURA, WHO IS ILL, APPEARS TO HIM IN A DREAM, AND ASSURES HIM THAT SHE STILL LIVES .
  42. 42.SONNET XXVII. — Apollo, s' ancor vive il bel desio. — HE COMPARES HER TO A LAUREL, WHICH HE SUPPLICATES APOLLO TO DEFEND.
  43. 43.SONNET XXVIII. — Solo e pensoso i più deserti campi. — HE SEEKS SOLITUDE, BUT LOVE FOLLOWS HIM EVERYWHERE.
  44. 44.SONNET XXIX. — S' io credessi per morte essere scarco. — HE PRAYS FOR DEATH, BUT IN VAIN.
  45. 45.CANZONE IV. — Si è debile il filo a cui s' attene. — HE GRIEVES IN ABSENCE FROM LAURA.
  46. 46.SONNET XXX. — Orso, e' non furon mai fiumi nè stagni. — HE COMPLAINS OF THE VEIL AND HAND OF LAURA, THAT THEY DEPRIVE HIM OF THE SIGHT OF HER EYES.
  47. 47.SONNET XXXI. — Io temo sì de' begli occhi l' assalto. — HE EXCUSES HIMSELF FOR HAVING SO LONG DELAYED TO VISIT HER.
  48. 48.SONNET XXXII. — S' amore o morte non dà qualche stroppio. — HE ASKS FROM A FRIEND THE LOAN OF THE WORKS OF ST. AUGUSTIN.
  49. 49.SONNET XXXIII — Quando dal proprio sito si rimove. — WHEN LAURA DEPARTS, THE HEAVENS GROW DARK WITH STORMS.
  50. 50.SONNET XXXIV. — Ma poi che 'l dolce riso umile e piano. — HER RETURN GLADDENS THE EARTH AND CALMS THE SKY.
  51. 51.SONNET XXXV. — Il figliuol di Latona avea già nove. — THE GRIEF OF PHŒBUS AT THE LOSS OF HIS LOVE.
  52. 52.SONNET XXXVI. — Quel che 'n Tessaglia ebbe le man sì pronte. — SOME HAVE WEPT FOR THEIR WORST ENEMIES, BUT LAURA DEIGNS HIM NOT A SINGLE TEAR.
  53. 53.SONNET XXXVII. — Il mio avversario, in cui veder solete. — LAURA AT HER LOOKING-GLASS.
  54. 54.SONNET XXXVIII. — L' oro e le perle, e i fior vermigli e i bianchi. — HE INVEIGHS AGAINST LAURA'S MIRROR, BECAUSE IT MAKES HER FORGET HIM.
  55. 55.SONNET XXXIX. — Io sentia dentr' al cor già venir meno. — HE DESIRES AGAIN TO GAZE ON THE EYES Of LAURA.
  56. 56.SONNET XL. — Se mai foco per foco non si spense. — HIS HEART IS ALL IN FLAMES, BUT HIS TONGUE IS MUTE, IN HER PRESENCE.
  57. 57.SONNET XLI. — Perch' io t' abbia guardato di menzogna. — IN HER PRESENCE HE CAN NEITHER SPEAK, WEEP, NOR SIGH.
  58. 58.CANZONE V. — Nella stagion che 'l ciel rapido inchina. — NIGHT BRINGS REPOSE TO OTHERS, BUT NOT TO HIM.
  59. 59.SONNET XLII. — Poco era ad appressarsi agli occhi miei. — SUCH ARE HIS SUFFERINGS THAT HE ENVIES THE INSENSIBILITY OF MARBLE.
  60. 60.MADRIGALE I. — Non al suo amante più Diana piacque. — ANYTHING THAT REMINDS HIM OF LAURA RENEWS HIS TORMENTS.
  61. 61.CANZONE VI. — Spirto gentil che quelle membra reggi. — TO RIENZI, BESEECHING HIM TO RESTORE TO ROME HER ANCIENT LIBERTY.
  62. 62.MADRIGALE II. — Perchè al viso d' Amor portava insegna. — A LOVE JOURNEY—DANGER IN THE PATH—HE TURNS BACK.
  63. 63.BALLATA III. — Quel foco, ch' io pensai che fosse spento. — HE THOUGHT HIMSELF FREE, BUT FINDS THAT HE IS MORE THAN EVER ENTHRALLED BY LOVE.
  64. 64.SONNET XLIII. — Se col cieco desir che 'l cor distrugge. — BLIGHTED HOPE.
  65. 65.SONNET XLIV. — Mie venture al venir son tarde e pigre. — FEW ARE THE SWEETS, BUT MANY THE BITTERS OF LOVE.
  66. 66.SONNET XLV. — La guancia che fu già piangendo stanca. — TO HIS FRIEND AGAPITO, WITH A PRESENT.
  67. 67.BALLATA IV. — Perchè quel che mi trasse ad amar prima. — HE WILL ALWAYS LOVE HER, THOUGH DENIED THE SIGHT OF HER.
  68. 68.SONNET XLVI. — L' arbor gentil che forte amai molt' anni. — IMPRECATION AGAINST THE LAUREL.
  69. 69.SONNET XLVII. — Benedetto sia 'l giorno e 'l mese e l' anno. — HE BLESSES ALL THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HIS PASSION.
  70. 70.SONNET XLVIII. — Padre del ciel, dopo i perduti giorni. — CONSCIOUS OF HIS FOLLY, HE PRAYS GOD TO TURN HIM TO A BETTER LIFE.
  71. 71.BALLATA V. — Volgendo gli occhi al mio novo colore. — HER KIND SALUTE SAVED HIM FROM DEATH.
  72. 72.SONNET XLIX. — Se voi poteste per turbati segni. — HE ENTREATS LAURA NOT TO HATE THE HEART FROM WHICH SHE CAN NEVER BE ABSENT.
  73. 73.SONNET L. — Lasso, che mal accorto fui da prima. — HE PRAYS LOVE TO KINDLE ALSO IN HER THE FLAME BY WHICH HE IS UNCEASINGLY TORMENTED.
  74. 74.SESTINA III. — L' aere gravato, e l' importuna nebbia. — HE COMPARES LAURA TO WINTER, AND FORESEES THAT SHE WILL ALWAYS BE THE SAME.
  75. 75.SONNET LI. — Del mar Tirreno alla sinistra riva. — THE FALL.
  76. 76.SONNET LII. — L' aspetto sacro della terra vostra. — THE VIEW OF ROME PROMPTS HIM TO TEAR HIMSELF FROM LAURA, BUT LOVE WILL NOT ALLOW HIM.
  77. 77.SONNET LIII. — Ben sapev' io che natural consiglio. — FLEEING FROM LOVE, HE FALLS INTO THE HANDS OF HIS MINISTERS.
  78. 78.CANZONE VII. — Lasso me, ch i' non so in qual parte pieghi. — HE WOULD CONSOLE HIMSELF WITH SONG, BUT IS CONSTRAINED TO WEEP.
  79. 79.CANZONE VIII. — Perchè la vita è breve. — IN PRAISE OF LAURA'S EYES: THE DIFFICULTY OF HIS THEME.
  80. 80.CANZONE IX. — Gentil mia donna, i' veggio. — IN PRAISE OF LAURA'S EYES: THEY LEAD HIM TO CONTEMPLATE THE PATH OF LIFE.
  81. 81.CANZONE X. — Poichè per mio destino. — IN PRAISE OF LAURA'S EYES: IN THEM HE FINDS EVERY GOOD, AND HE CAN NEVER CEASE TO PRAISE THEM.
  82. 82.SONNET LIV. — Io son già stanco di pensar siccome. — HE WONDERS AT HIS LONG ENDURANCE OF SUCH TOIL AND SUFFERING.
  83. 83.SONNET LV. — I begli occhi, ond' i' fui percosso in guisa. — HE IS NEVER WEARY OF PRAISING THE EYES OF LAURA.
  84. 84.SONNET LVI. — Amor con sue promesse lusingando. — LOVE CHAINS ARE STILL DEAR TO HIM.
  85. 85.SONNET LVII. — Per mirar Policleto a prova fiso. — ON THE PORTRAIT OF LAURA PAINTED BY SIMON MEMMI.
  86. 86.SONNET LVIII. — Quando giunse a Simon l' alto concetto. — HE DESIRES ONLY THAT MEMMI HAD BEEN ABLE TO IMPART SPEECH TO HIS PORTRAIT OF LAURA.
  87. 87.SONNET LIX. — Se al principio risponde il fine e 'l mezzo. — IF HIS PASSION STILL INCREASE, HE MUST SOON DIE.
  88. 88.SESTINA IV. — Chi è fermato di menar sua vita. — HE PRAYS GOD TO GUIDE HIS FRAIL BARK TO A SAFE PORT.
  89. 89.SONNET LX. — Io son sì stanco sotto 'l fascio antico. — HE CONFESSES HIS ERRORS, AND THROWS HIMSELF ON THE MERCY OF GOD.
  90. 90.SONNET LXI. — Io non fu' d' amar voi lassato unquanco. — UNLESS LAURA RELENT, HE IS RESOLVED TO ABANDON HER.
  91. 91.SONNET LXII. — Se bianche non son prima ambe le tempie. — THOUGH NOT SECURE AGAINST THE WILES OF LOVE, HE FEELS STRENGTH ENOUGH TO RESIST THEM.
  92. 92.SONNET LXIII. — Occhi, piangete; accompagnate il core. — DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE POET AND HIS EYES.
  93. 93.SONNET LXIV. — Io amai sempre, ed amo forte ancora. — HE LOVES, AND WILL ALWAYS LOVE, THE SPOT AND THE HOUR IN WHICH HE FIRST BECAME ENAMOURED OF LAURA.
  94. 94.SONNET LXV. — Io avrò sempre in odio la fenestra. — BETTER IS IT TO DIE HAPPY THAN TO LIVE IN PAIN.
  95. 95.SONNET LXVI. — Sì tosto come avvien che l' arco scocchi. — HE CALLS THE EYES OF LAURA FOES, BECAUSE THEY KEEP HIM IN LIFE ONLY TO TORMENT HIM.
  96. 96.SONNET LXVII. — Poi che mia speme è lunga a venir troppo. — HE COUNSELS LOVERS TO FLEE, RATHER THAN BE CONSUMED BY THE FLAMES OF LOVE.
  97. 97.SONNET LXVIII. — Fuggendo la prigione ov' Amor m' ebbe. — HE LONGS TO RETURN TO THE CAPTIVITY OF LOVE.
  98. 98.SONNET LXIX. — Erano i capei d' oro all' aura sparsi. — HE PAINTS THE BEAUTIES OF LAURA, PROTESTING HIS UNALTERABLE LOVE.
  99. 99.SONNET LXX. — La bella donna che cotanto amavi. — TO HIS BROTHER GERARDO, ON THE DEATH OF A LADY TO WHOM HE WAS ATTACHED.
  100. 100.SONNET LXXI. — Piangete, donne, e con voi pianga Amore. — ON THE DEATH OF CINO DA PISTOIA.
  101. 101.SONNET LXXII. — Più volte Amor m' avea già detto: scrivi. — HE WRITES WHAT LOVE BIDS HIM.
  102. 102.SONNET LXXIII. — Quando giugne per gli occhi al cor profondo. — HE DESCRIBES THE STATE OF TWO LOVERS, AND RETURNS IN THOUGHT TO HIS OWN SUFFERINGS.
  103. 103.SONNET LXXIV. — Così potess' io ben chiuder in versi. — HE COMPLAINS THAT TO HIM ALONE IS FAITH HURTFUL.
  104. 104.SONNET LXXV. — Io son dell' aspectar omai sì vinto. — HAVING ONCE SURRENDERED HIMSELF, HE IS COMPELLED EVER TO ENDURE THE PANGS OF LOVE.
  105. 105.SONNET LXXVI. — Ahi bella libertà, come tu m' hai. — HE DEPLORES HIS LOST LIBERTY AND THE UNHAPPINESS OF HIS PRESENT STATE.
  106. 106.SONNET LXXVII. — Orso, al vostro destrier si può ben porre. — HE SYMPATHISES WITH HIS FRIEND ORSO AT HIS INABILITY TO ATTEND A TOURNAMENT.
  107. 107.SONNET LXXVIII. — Poi che voi ed io più volte abbiam provato. — TO A FRIEND, COUNSELLING HIM TO ABANDON EARTHLY PLEASURES.
  108. 108.SONNET LXXIX. — Quella fenestra, ove l' un sol si vede. — RECOLLECTIONS OF LOVE.
  109. 109.SONNET LXXX. — Lasso! ben so che dolorose prede. — THOUGH FOR FOURTEEN YEARS HE HAS STRUGGLED UNSUCCESSFULLY, HE STILL HOPES TO CONQUER HIS PASSION.
  110. 110.SONNET LXXXI. — Cesare, poi che 'l traditor d' Egitto. — THE COUNTENANCE DOES NOT ALWAYS TRULY INDICATE THE HEART.
  111. 111.SONNET LXXXII. — Vinse Annibal, e non seppe usar poi. — TO STEFANO COLONNA, COUNSELLING HIM TO FOLLOW UP HIS VICTORY OVER THE ORSINI.
  112. 112.SONNET LXXXIII. — L' aspettata virtù che 'n voi fioriva. — TO PAUDOLFO MALATESTA, LORD OF RIMINI.
  113. 113.CANZONE XI. [R] — Mai non vo' più cantar, com' io soleva. — ENIGMAS.
  114. 114.MADRIGALE III. — Nova angeletta sovra l' ale accorta. — HE ALLEGORICALLY DESCRIBES THE ORIGIN OF HIS PASSION.
  115. 115.SONNET LXXXIV. — Non veggio ove scampar mi possa omai. — AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS HER EYES ARE MORE POWERFUL THAN AT FIRST.
  116. 116.SONNET LXXXV. — Avventuroso più d' altro terreno. — HE APOSTROPHIZES THE SPOT WHERE LAURA FIRST SALUTED HIM.
  117. 117.SONNET LXXXVI. — Lasso! quante fiate Amor m' assale. — WHEN LOVE DISTURBS HIM, HE CALMS HIMSELF BY THINKING OF THE EYES AND WORDS OF LAURA.
  118. 118.SONNET LXXXVII. — Perseguendomi Amor al luogo usato. — HE IS BEWILDERED AT THE UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL OF LAURA.
  119. 119.SONNET LXXXVIII. — La donna che 'l mio cor nel viso porta. — HER KIND AND GENTLE SALUTATION THRILLS HIS HEART WITH PLEASURE.
  120. 120.SONNET LXXXIX. — Sennuccio, i' vo' che sappi in qual maniera. — HE RELATES TO HIS FRIEND SENNUCCIO HIS UNHAPPINESS, AND THE VARIED MOOD OF LAURA.
  121. 121.SONNET XC. — Qui dove mezzo son, Sennuccio mio. — THE MERE SIGHT OF VAUCLUSE MAKES HIM FORGET ALL THE PERILS OF HIS JOURNEY.
  122. 122.SONNET XCI. — Dell' empia Babilonia, ond' è fuggita. — LEAVING ROME, HE DESIRES ONLY PEACE WITH LAURA AND PROSPERITY TO COLONNA.
  123. 123.SONNET XCII. — In mezzo di duo amanti onesta altera. — LAURA TURNING TO SALUTE HIM, THE SUN, THROUGH JEALOUSY, WITHDREW BEHIND A CLOUD.
  124. 124.SONNET XCIII. — Pien di quella ineffabile dolcezza. — WHEREVER HE IS, HE SEES ONLY LAURA.
  125. 125.SONNET XCIV. — Se 'l sasso ond' è più chiusa questa valle. — COULD HE BUT SEE THE HOUSE OF LAURA, HIS SIGHS MIGHT REACH HER MORE QUICKLY.
  126. 126.SONNET XCV. — Rimansi addietro il sestodecim' anno. — THOUGH HE IS UNHAPPY, HIS LOVE REMAINS EVER UNCHANGED.
  127. 127.CANZONE XII. — Una donna più bella assai che 'l sole. — GLORY AND VIRTUE.
  128. 128.MADRIGALE IV. — Or vedi, Amor, che giovinetta donna. — A PRAYER TO LOVE THAT HE WILL TAKE VENGEANCE ON THE SCORNFUL PRIDE OF LAURA.
  129. 129.SONNET XCVI. — Quelle pietose rime, in ch' io m' accorsi. — TO ANTONIO OF FERRARA, WHO, IN A POEM, HAD LAMENTED PETRARCH'S SUPPOSED DEATH.
  130. 130.SONNET XCVII. — Dicesett' anni ha già rivolto il cielo. — E'EN IN OUR ASHES LIVE OUR WONTED FIRES.
  131. 131.SONNET XCVIII. — Quel vago impallidir che 'l dolce riso. — LEAVE-TAKING.
  132. 132.SONNET XCIX. — Amor, Fortuna, e la mia mente schiva. — THE CAUSES OF HIS WOE.
  133. 133.CANZONE XIII. — Se 'l pensier che mi strugge. — HE SEEKS IN VAIN TO MITIGATE HIS WOE.
  134. 134.CANZONE XIV. — Chiare, fresche e dolci acque. — TO THE FOUNTAIN OF VAUOLUSE—CONTEMPLATIONS OF DEATH.
  135. 135.CANZONE XV. — In quella parte dov' Amor mi sprona. — HE FINDS HER IMAGE EVERYWHERE.
  136. 136.CANZONE XVI. — Italia mia, benchè 'l parlar sia indarno. — TO THE PRINCES OF ITALY, EXHORTING THEM TO SET HER FREE.
  137. 137.CANZONE XVII. — Di pensier in pensier, di monte in monte. — DISTANCE AND SOLITUDE.
  138. 138.SONNET C. — Poi che 'l cammin m' è chiuso di mercede. — THOUGH FAR FROM LAURA, SOLITARY AND UNHAPPY, ENVY STILL PURSUES HIM.
  139. 139.SONNET CI. — Io canterei d' Amor sì novamente. — REPLY TO A SONNET OF JACOPO DA LENTINO.
  140. 140.SONNET CII. — S' Amor non è, che dunque è quel ch' i' sento? — THE CONTRADICTIONS OF LOVE.
  141. 141.SONNET CIII. — Amor m' ha posto come segno a strale. — LOVE'S ARMOURY.
  142. 142.SONNET CIV. — Pace non trovo, e non ho da far guerra. — LOVE'S INCONSISTENCY.
  143. 143.CANZONE XVIII. — Qual più diversa e nova. — HE COMPARES HIMSELF TO ALL THAT IS MOST STRANGE IN CREATION.
  144. 144.SONNET CV. — Fiamma dal ciel su le tue treccie piova. — HE INVEIGHS AGAINST THE COURT OF ROME.
  145. 145.SONNET CVI. — L' avara Babilonia ha colmo 'l sacco. — HE PREDICTS TO ROME THE ARRIVAL OF SOME GREAT PERSONAGE WHO WILL BRING HER BACK TO HER OLD VIRTUE.
  146. 146.SONNET CVII. — Fontana di dolore, albergo d' ira. — HE ATTRIBUTES THE WICKEDNESS OF THE COURT OF ROME TO ITS GREAT WEALTH.
  147. 147.SONNET CVIII. — Quanto più desiose l' ali spando. — FAR FROM HIS FRIENDS, HE FLIES TO THEM IN THOUGHT.
  148. 148.SONNET CIX. — Amor che nel pensier mio vive e regna. — THE COURAGE AND TIMIDITY OF LOVE.
  149. 149.SONNET CX. — Come talora al caldo tempo suole. — HE LIKENS HIMSELF TO THE INSECT WHICH, FLYING INTO ONE'S EYES, MEETS ITS DEATH.
  150. 150.SESTINA V. — Alia dolce ombra de le belle frondi. — HE TELLS THE STORY OF HIS LOVE, RESOLVING HENCEFORTH TO DEVOTE HIMSELF TO GOD.
  151. 151.SONNET CXI. — Quand' io v' odo parlar si dolcemente. — TO ONE WHO SPOKE TO HIM OF LAURA.
  152. 152.SONNET CXII. — Nè così bello il sol giammai levarsi. — THE CHARMS OF LAURA WHEN SHE FIRST MET HIS SIGHT.
  153. 153.SONNET CXIII. — Pommi ove 'l sol occide i fiori e l' erba. — HIS INVINCIBLE CONSTANCY.
  154. 154.SONNET CXIV. — O d' ardente virtute ornata e calda. — HE CELEBRATES LAURA'S BEAUTY AND VIRTUE.
  155. 155.SONNET CXV. — Quando 'l voler, che con duo sproni ardenti. — HER LOOKS BOTH COMFORT AND CHECK HIM.
  156. 156.SONNET CXVI. — Non Tesin, Po, Varo, Arno, Adige e Tebro. — HE EXTOLS THE LAUREL AND ITS FAVOURITE STREAM. — [IMITATION.]
  157. 157.BALLATA VI. — Di tempo in tempo mi si fa men dura. — THOUGH SHE BE LESS SEVERE, HE IS STILL NOT CONTENTED AND TRANQUIL AT HEART.
  158. 158.SONNET CXVII. — Che fai, alma? che pensi? avrem mai pace? — DIALOGUE OF THE POET WITH HIS HEART.
  159. 159.SONNET CXVIII. — Nom d' atra e tempestosa onda marina. — HE IS LED BY LOVE TO REASON.
  160. 160.SONNET CXIX. — Questa umil fera, un cor di tigre o d' orsa. — HE PRAYS HER EITHER TO WELCOME OR DISMISS HIM AT ONCE.
  161. 161.SONNET CXX. — Ite, caldi sospiri, al freddo core. — HE IMPLORES MERCY OR DEATH.
  162. 162.SONNET CXXI. — Le stelle e 'l cielo e gli elementi a prova. — LAURA'S UNPARALLELED BEAUTY AND VIRTUE.
  163. 163.SONNET CXXII. — Non fur mai Giove e Cesare sì mossi. — LAURA IN TEARS.
  164. 164.SONNET CXXIII. — I' vidi in terra angelici costumi. — THE EFFECTS OF HER GRIEF.
  165. 165.SONNET CXXIV. — Quel sempre acerbo ed onorato giorno. — HE RECALLS HER AS HE SAW HER WHEN IN TEARS.
  166. 166.SONNET CXXV. — Ove ch' i' posi gli occhi lassi o giri. — HER IMAGE IS EVER IN HIS HEART.
  167. 167.SONNET CXXVI. — In qual parte del cielo, in quale idea. — HE EXTOLS THE BEAUTY AND VIRTUE OF LAURA.
  168. 168.SONNET CXXVII. — Amor ed io sì pien di maraviglia. — HER EVERY ACTION IS DIVINE.
  169. 169.SONNET CXXVIII. — O passi sparsi, o pensier vaghi e pronti. — EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE OF HIS PASSION IS A TORMENT TO HIM.
  170. 170.SONNET CXXIX. — Lieti flori e felici, e ben nate erbe. — HE ENVIES EVERY SPOT THAT SHE FREQUENTS.
  171. 171.SONNET CXXX. — Amor, che vedi ogni pensiero aperto. — HE CARES NOT FOR SUFFERINGS, SO THAT HE DISPLEASE NOT LAURA.
  172. 172.SONNET CXXXI. — Or che 'l ciel e la terra e 'l vento tace. — NIGHT BRINGS PEACE TO ALL SAVE HIM.
  173. 173.SONNET CXXXII. — Come 'l candido piè per l' erba fresca. — HER WALK, LOOKS, WORDS, AND AIR.
  174. 174.SONNET CXXXIII. — S' io fossi stato fermo alla spelunca. — TO ONE WHO DESIRED LATIN VERSE OF HIM.
  175. 175.SONNET CXXXIV. — Quando Amor i begli occhi a terra inchina. — LAURA SINGS.
  176. 176.SONNET CXXXV. — Amor mi manda quel dolce pensero. — LIFE WILL FAIL HIM BEFORE HOPE.
  177. 177.SONNET CXXXVI. — Pien d' un vago pensier, che me desvia. — HIS TONGUE IS TIED BY EXCESS OF PASSION.
  178. 178.SONNET CXXXVII. — Più volte già dal bel sembiante umano. — LOVE UNMANS HIS RESOLUTION.
  179. 179.SONNET CXXXVIII. — Giunto m' ha Amor fra belle e crude braccia. — HE CANNOT END HER CRUELTY, NOR SHE HIS HOPE.
  180. 180.SONNET CXXXIX. — O Invidia, nemica di virtute. — ENVY MAY DISTURB, BUT CANNOT DESTROY HIS HOPE.
  181. 181.SONNET CXL. — Mirando 'l sol de' begli occhi sereno. — THE SWEETS AND BITTERS OF LOVE.
  182. 182.SONNET CXLI. — Fera stella (se 'l cielo ha forza in noi). — TO PINE FOR HER IS BETTER THAN TO ENJOY HAPPINESS WITH ANY OTHER.
  183. 183.SONNET CXLII. — Quando mi vene innanzi il tempo e 'l loco. — RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY LOVE.
  184. 184.SONNET CXLIII. — Per mezzo i boschi inospiti e selvaggi. — EVER THINKING ON HER, HE PASSES FEARLESS AND SAFE THROUGH THE FOREST OF ARDENNES.
  185. 185.SONNET CXLIV — Mille piagge in un giorno e mille rivi. — TO BE NEAR HER RECOMPENSES HIM FOR ALL THE PERILS OF THE WAY.
  186. 186.SONNET CXLV. — Amor mi sprona in un tempo ed affrena. — HE HEARS THE VOICE OF REASON, BUT CANNOT OBEY.
  187. 187.SONNET CXLVI. — Geri, quando talor meco s' adira. — HE APPEASES HER BY HUMILITY, AND EXHORTS A FRIEND TO DO LIKEWISE.
  188. 188.SONNET CXLVII. — Po, ben puo' tu portartene la scorza. — TO THE RIVER PO, ON QUITTING LAURA.
  189. 189.SONNET CXLVIII. — Amor fra l' orbe una leggiadra rete. — HE COMPARES HIMSELF TO A BIRD CAUGHT IN A NET.
  190. 190.SONNET CXLIX. — Amor che 'ncende 'l cor d' ardente zelo. — LOVE AND JEALOUSY.
  191. 191.SONNET CL. — Se 'l dolce sguardo di costei m' ancide. — HE IS CONTINUALLY IN FEAR OF DISPLEASING HER.
  192. 192.SONNET CLI. — Amor, Natura, e la bell' alma umile. — DURING A SERIOUS ILLNESS OF LAURA.
  193. 193.SONNET CLII. — Questa Fenice dell' aurata piuma. — HE COMPARES HER TO THE PHŒNIX.
  194. 194.SONNET CLIII. — Se Virgilio ed Omero avessin visto. — THE MOST FAMOUS POETS OF ANTIQUITY WOULD HAVE SUNG HER ONLY, HAD THEY SEEN HER.
  195. 195.SONNET CLIV. — Giunto Alessandro alla famosa tomba. — HE FEARS THAT HE IS INCAPABLE OF WORTHILY CELEBRATING HER.
  196. 196.SONNET CLV. — Almo Sol, quella fronde ch' io sola amo. — TO THE SUN, WHOSE SETTING HID LAURA'S DWELLING FROM HIS VIEW.
  197. 197.SONNET CLVI. — Passa la nave mia colma d' oblio. — UNDER THE FIGURE OF A TEMPEST-TOSSED VESSEL, HE DESCRIBES HIS OWN SAD STATE.
  198. 198.SONNET CLVII. — Una candida cerva sopra l' erba. — THE VISION OF THE FAWN.
  199. 199.SONNET CLVIII. — Siccome eterna vita è veder Dio. — ALL HIS HAPPINESS IS IN GAZING UPON HER.
  200. 200.SONNET CLIX. — Stiamo, Amor, a veder la gloria nostra. — TO LOVE, ON LAURA WALKING ABROAD.
  201. 201.SONNET CLX. — Pasco la mente d' un sì nobil cibo. — TO SEE AND HEAR HER IS HIS GREATEST BLISS.
  202. 202.SONNET CLXI. — L' aura gentil che rasserena i poggi. — JOURNEYING TO VISIT LAURA, HE FEELS RENEWED ARDOUR AS HE APPROACHES.
  203. 203.SONNET CLXII. — Di dì in dì vo cangiando il viso e 'l pelo. — HIS WOUNDS CAN BE HEALED ONLY BY PITY OR DEATH.
  204. 204.SONNET CLXIII. — L' aura serena che fra verdi fronde. — THE GENTLE BREEZE (L' AURA) RECALLS TO HIM THE TIME WHEN HE FIRST SAW HER.
  205. 205.SONNET CLXIV. — L' aura celeste che 'n quel verde Lauro. — HER HAIR AND EYES.
  206. 206.SONNET CLXV. — L' aura soave ch' al sol spiega e vibra. — HIS HEART LIES TANGLED IN HER HAIR.
  207. 207.SONNET CLXVI. — O bella man, che mi distringi 'l core. — THE STOLEN GLOVE.
  208. 208.SONNET CLXVII. — Non pur quell' una bella ignuda mano. — HE RETURNS THE GLOVE, BEWAILING THE EFFECT OF HER BEAUTY.
  209. 209.SONNET CLXVIII. — Mia ventura ed Amor m' avean sì adorno. — HE REGRETS HAVING RETURNED HER GLOVE.
  210. 210.SONNET CLXIX. — D' un bel, chiaro, polito e vivo ghiaccio. — THOUGH RACKED BY AGONY, HE DOES NOT COMPLAIN OF HER.
  211. 211.SONNET CLXX. — Lasso, ch' i' ardo, ed altri non mel crede! — POSTERITY WILL ACCORD TO HIM THE PITY WHICH LAURA REFUSES.
  212. 212.SONNET CLXXI. — Anima, che diverse cose tante. — HE REJOICES AT BEING ON EARTH WITH HER, AS HE IS THEREBY ENABLED BETTER TO IMITATE HER VIRTUES.
  213. 213.SONNET CLXXII. — Dolci ire, dolci sdegni e dolci paci. — HE CONSOLES HIMSELF WITH THE THOUGHT THAT HE WILL BE ENVIED BY POSTERITY.
  214. 214.CANZONE XIX. — S' il dissi mai, ch' i' venga in odio a quella. — HE VEHEMENTLY REBUTS THE CHARGE OF LOVING ANOTHER.
  215. 215.CANZONE XX. — Ben mi credea passar mio tempo omai. — HE CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT SEEING HER, BUT WOULD NOT DIE THAT HE MAY STILL LOVE HER.
  216. 216.SONNET CLXXIII. — Rapido fiume che d' alpestra vena. — JOURNEYING ALONG THE RHONE TO AVIGNON, PETRARCH BIDS THE RIVER KISS LAURA'S HAND, AS IT WILL ARRIVE AT HER DWELLING BEFORE HIM.
  217. 217.SONNET CLXXIV. — I' dolci colli ov' io lasciai me stesso. — HE LEAVES VAUCLUSE, BUT HIS SPIRIT REMAINS THERE WITH LAURA.
  218. 218.SONNET CLXXV. — Non dall' Ispano Ibero all' Indo Idaspe. — HIS WOES ARE UNEXAMPLED.
  219. 219.SONNET CLXXVI. — Voglia mi sprona; Amor mi guida e scorge. — HE DESCRIBES HIS STATE, SPECIFYING THE DATE OF HIS ATTACHMENT.
  220. 220.SONNET CLXXVII. — Beato in sogno, e di languir contento. — THOUGH SO LONG LOVE'S FAITHFUL SERVANT, HIS ONLY REWARD HAS BEEN TEARS.
  221. 221.SONNET CLXXVIII. — Grazie ch' a pochi 'l ciel largo destina. — THE ENCHANTMENTS THAT ENTHRALL HIM
  222. 222.SESTINA VI. — Anzi tre di creata era alma in parte. — THE HISTORY OF HIS LOVE; AND PRAYER FOR HELP.
  223. 223.SONNET CLXXIX. — In nobil sangue vita umile e queta. — SHE UNITES IN HERSELF THE HIGHEST EXCELLENCES OF VIRTUE AND BEAUTY.
  224. 224.SONNET CLXXX. — Tutto 'l di piango; e poi la notte, quando. — HER CRUELTY RENDERS LIFE WORSE THAN DEATH TO HIM.
  225. 225.SONNET CLXXXI. — Già desiai con sì giusta querela. — HE LIVES DESTITUTE OF ALL HOPE SAVE THAT OF RENDERING HER IMMORTAL.
  226. 226.SONNET CLXXXII. — Tra quantunque leggiadre donne e belle. — ALL NATURE WOULD BE IN DARKNESS WERE SHE, ITS SUN, TO PERISH.
  227. 227.SONNET CLXXXIII. — Il cantar novo e 'l pianger degli augelli. — MORNING.
  228. 228.SONNET CLXXXIV. — Onde tolse Amor l' oro e di qual vena. — THE CHARMS OF HER COUNTENANCE AND VOICE.
  229. 229.SONNET CLXXXV. — Qual mio destin, qual forza o qual inganno. — THOUGH HER EYES DESTROY HIM, HE CANNOT TEAR HIMSELF AWAY.
  230. 230.SONNET CLXXXVI. — Liete e pensose, accompagnate e sole. — NOT FINDING HER WITH HER FRIENDS, HE ASKS THEM WHY SHE IS ABSENT.
  231. 231.SONNET CLXXXVII. — Quando 'l sol bagna in mur l' aurato carro. — HIS NIGHTS ARE, LIKE HIS DAYS, PASSED IN TORMENT.
  232. 232.SONNET CLXXVIII. — S' una fede amorosa, un cor non finto. — THE MISERY OF HIS LOVE.
  233. 233.SONNET CLXXXIX. — Dodici donne onestamente lasse. — HAPPY WHO STEERED THE BOAT, OR DROVE THE CAR, WHEREIN SHE SAT AND SANG.
  234. 234.SONNET CXC — Passer mai solitario in alcun tetto. — FAR FROM HIS BELOVED, LIFE IS MISERABLE BY NIGHT AS BY DAY.
  235. 235.SONNET CXCI. — Aura, che quelle chiome bionde e crespe. — HE ENVIES THE BREEZE WHICH SPORTS WITH HER, THE STREAM THAT FLOWS TOWARDS HER.
  236. 236.SONNET CXCII. — Amor con la man destra il lato manco. — UNDER THE FIGURE OF A LAUREL, HE RELATES THE GROWTH OF HIS LOVE.
  237. 237.SONNET CXCIII. — Cantai, or piango; e non men di dolcezza. — THOUGH IN THE MIDST OF PAIN, HE DEEMS HIMSELF THE HAPPIEST OF MEN.
  238. 238.SONNET CXCIV. — I' piansi, or canto; che 'l celeste lume. — AT HER RETURN, HIS SORROWS VANISH.
  239. 239.SONNET CXCV. — I' mi vivea di mia sorte contento. — HE FEARS THAT AN ILLNESS WHICH HAS ATTACKED THE EYES OF LAURA MAY DEPRIVE HIM OF THEIR SIGHT.
  240. 240.SONNET CXCVI. — Vincitore Alessandro l' ira vinse. — THE EVIL RESULTS OF UNRESTRAINED ANGER.
  241. 241.SONNET CXCVII. — Qual ventura mi fu, quando dall' uno. — HE REJOICES AT PARTICIPATING IN HER SUFFERINGS.
  242. 242.SONNET CXCVIII. — O cameretta che già fosti un porto. — HE NO LONGER FINDS RELIEF IN SOLITUDE.
  243. 243.SONNET CXCIX. — Lasso! Amor mi trasporta ov' io non voglio. — HE EXCUSES HIMSELF FOR VISITING LAURA TOO OFTEN, AND LOVING HER TOO MUCH.
  244. 244.SONNET CC. — Amor, io fallo e veggio il mio fallire. — HE PRAYS LOVE, WHO IS THE CAUSE OF HIS OFFENCES, TO OBTAIN PARDON FOR HIM.
  245. 245.SESTINA VII. — Non ha tanti animali il mar fra l' onde. — HE DESPAIRS OF ESCAPE FROM THE TORMENTS BY WHICH HE IS SURROUNDED.
  246. 246.SESTINA VIII. — Là ver l' aurora, che sì dolce l' aura. — SHE IS MOVED NEITHER BY HIS VERSES NOR HIS TEARS.
  247. 247.SONNET CCI. — Real natura, angelico intelletto. — ON THE KISS OF HONOUR GIVEN BY CHARLES OF LUXEMBURG TO LAURA AT A BANQUET.
  248. 248.SONNET CCII. — I' ho pregato Amor, e nel riprego. — HE PLEADS THE EXCESS OF HIS PASSION IN PALLIATION OF HIS FAULT.
  249. 249.SONNET CCIII. — L' alto signor, dinanzi a cui non vale. — HIS SORROW FOR THE ILLNESS OF LAURA INCREASES, NOT LESSENS, HIS FLAME.
  250. 250.SONNET CCIV. — Mira quel colle, o stanco mio cor vago. — HE BIDS HIS HEART RETURN TO LAURA, NOT PERCEIVING THAT IT HAD NEVER LEFT HER.
  251. 251.SONNET CCV. — Fresco ambroso fiorito e verde colle. — HE CONGRATULATES HIS HEART ON ITS REMAINING WITH HER.
  252. 252.SONNET CCVI. — Il mal mi preme, e mi spaventa il peggio. — TO A FRIEND, IN LOVE LIKE HIMSELF, HE CAN GIVE NO ADVICE BUT TO RAISE HIS SOUL TO GOD.
  253. 253.SONNET CCVII. — Due rose fresche, e colte in paradiso. — THE TWO ROSES.
  254. 254.SONNET CCVIII. — L' aura che 'l verde Lauro e l' aureo crine. — HE PRAYS THAT HE MAY DIE BEFORE LAURA.
  255. 255.SONNET CCIX. — Parrà forse ad alcun, che 'n lodar quella. — HE INVITES THOSE TO WHOM HIS PRAISES SEEM EXCESSIVE TO BEHOLD THE OBJECT OF THEM.
  256. 256.SONNET CCX. — Chi vuol veder quantunque può Natura. — WHOEVER BEHOLDS HER MUST ADMIT THAT HIS PRAISES CANNOT REACH HER PERFECTION.
  257. 257.SONNET CCXI. — Qual paura ho, quando mi torna a mente. — MELANCHOLY RECOLLECTIONS AND PRESAGES.
  258. 258.SONNET CCXII. — Solea lontana in sonno consolarme. — SHE ANNOUNCES TO HIM, IN A VISION, THAT HE WILL NEVER SEE HER MORE.
  259. 259.SONNET CCXIII. — O misera ed orribil visione. — HE CANNOT BELIEVE IN HER DEATH, BUT IF TRUE, HE PRAYS GOD TO TAKE HIM ALSO FROM LIFE.
  260. 260.SONNET CCXIV. — In dubbio di mio stato, or piango, or canto. — TO HIS LONGING TO SEE HER AGAIN IS NOW ADDED THE FEAR OF SEEING HER NO MORE.
  261. 261.SONNET CCXV. — O dolci sguardi, o parolette accorte. — HE SIGHS FOR THOSE GLANCES FROM WHICH, TO HIS GRIEF, FORTUNE EVER DELIGHTS TO WITHDRAW HIM.
  262. 262.SONNET CCXVI. — I' pur ascolto, e non odo novella. — HEARING NO TIDINGS OF HER, HE BEGINS TO DESPAIR.
  263. 263.SONNET CCXVII. — La sera desiar, odiar l' aurora. — CONTRARY TO THE WONT OF LOVERS, HE PREFERS MORN TO EVE.
  264. 264.SONNET CCXVIII. — Far potess' io vendetta di colei. — HIS SOUL VISITS HER IN SLEEP.
  265. 265.SONNET CCXIX. — In quel bel viso, ch' i' sospiro e bramo. — ON LAURA PUTTING HER HAND BEFORE HER EYES WHILE HE WAS GAZING ON HER.
  266. 266.SONNET CCXX. — Vive faville uscian de' duo bei lumi. — A SMILING WELCOME, WHICH LAURA GAVE HIM UNEXPECTEDLY, ALMOST KILLS HIM WITH JOY.
  267. 267.SONNET CCXXI. — Cercato ho sempre solitaria vita. — THINKING ALWAYS OF LAURA, IT PAINS HIM TO REMEMBER WHERE SHE IS LEFT.
  268. 268.SONNET CCXXII. — In tale Stella duo begli occhi vidi. — THE BEAUTY OF LAURA IS PEERLESS.
  269. 269.SONNET CCXXIII. — Qual donna attende a gloriosa fama. — THE EYES OF LAURA ARE THE SCHOOL OF VIRTUE.
  270. 270.SONNET CCXXIV. — Cara la vita, e dopo lei mi pare. — HONOUR TO BE PREFERRED TO LIFE.
  271. 271.SONNET CCXXV. — Arbor vittoriosa e trionfale. — HE EXTOLS THE VIRTUE OF LAURA.
  272. 272.CANZONE XXI. — I' vo pensando, e nel pensier m' assale. — SELF-CONFLICT.
  273. 273.SONNET CCXXVI. — Aspro core e selvaggio, e cruda voglia. — HOPE ALONE SUPPORTS HIM IN HIS MISERY.
  274. 274.SONNET CCXXVII. — Signor mio caro, ogni pensier mi tira. — HE LAMENTS HIS ABSENCE FROM LAURA AND COLONNA, THE ONLY OBJECTS OF HIS AFFECTION.
  275. 275.TO LAURA IN DEATH.
  276. 276.SONNET I. — Oimè il bel viso! oimè il soave sguardo! — ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE DEATH OF LAURA.
  277. 277.CANZONE I. — Che debb' io far? che mi consigli, Amore? — HE ASKS COUNSEL OF LOVE, WHETHER HE SHOULD FOLLOW LAURA, OR STILL ENDURE EXISTENCE.
  278. 278.SONNET II. — Rotta è l' alta Colonna, e 'l verde Lauro. — HE BEWAILS HIS DOUBLE LOSS IN THE DEATHS OF LAURA, AND OF COLONNA.
  279. 279.CANZONE II. — Amor, se vuoi ch' i' torni al giogo antico. — UNLESS LOVE CAN RESTORE HER TO LIFE, HE WILL NEVER AGAIN BE HIS SLAVE.
  280. 280.SONNET III. — L' ardente nodo ov' io fui, d' ora in ora. — ON THE DEATH OF ANOTHER LADY.
  281. 281.SONNET IV. — La vita fugge, e non s' arresta un' ora. — PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE ARE NOW ALIKE PAINFUL TO HIM.
  282. 282.SONNET V. — Che fai? che pensi? che pur dietro guardi. — HE ENCOURAGES HIS SOUL TO LIFT ITSELF TO GOD, AND TO ABANDON THE VANITIES OF EARTH.
  283. 283.SONNET VI. — Datemi pace, o duri miei pensieri. — HE COMPARES HIMSELF TO A BESIEGED CITY, AND ACCUSES HIS OWN HEART OF TREASON.
  284. 284.SONNET VII. — Occhi miei, oscurato è 'l nostro sole. — HE ENDEAVOURS TO FIND PEACE IN THE THOUGHT THAT SHE IS IN HEAVEN.
  285. 285.SONNET VIII. — Poichè la vista angelica serena. — WITH HER, HIS ONLY SOLACE, IS TAKEN AWAY ALL HIS DESIRE OF LIFE.
  286. 286.SONNET IX. — S' Amor novo consiglio non n' apporta. — HE DESCRIBES HIS SAD STATE.
  287. 287.SONNET X. — Nell' età sua più bella e più fiorita. — HE DESIRES TO DIE, THAT HIS SOUL MAY BE WITH HER, AS HIS THOUGHTS ALREADY ARE.
  288. 288.SONNET XI. — Se lamentar augelli, o Verdi fronde. — SHE IS EVER PRESENT TO HIM.
  289. 289.SONNET XII. — Mai non fu' in parte ove sì chiar' vedessi. — VAUCLUSE.
  290. 290.SONNET XIII. — Quante fiate al mio dolce ricetto. — HER FORM STILL HAUNTS HIM IN SOLITUDE.
  291. 291.SONNET XIV. — Alma felice, che sovente torni. — HE THANKS HER THAT FROM TIME TO TIME SHE RETURNS TO CONSOLE HIM WITH HER PRESENCE.
  292. 292.SONNET XV. — Discolorato hai, Morte, il più bel volto. — HER PRESENCE IN VISIONS IS HIS ONLY CONSOLATION.
  293. 293.SONNET XVI. — Sì breve è 'l tempo e 'l pensier sì veloce. — THE REMEMBRANCE OF HER CHASES SADNESS FROM HIS HEART.
  294. 294.SONNET XVII. — Nè mai pietosa madre al caro figlio. — HER COUNSEL ALONE AFFORDS HIM RELIEF.
  295. 295.SONNET XVIII. — Se quell' aura soave de' sospiri. — SHE RETURNS IN PITY TO COMFORT HIM WITH HER ADVICE.
  296. 296.SONNET XIX. — Sennuccio mio, benchè doglioso e solo. — ON THE DEATH OF HIS FRIEND SENNUCCIO.
  297. 297.SONNET XX. — I' ho pien di sospir quest' aer tutto. — VAUCLUSE HAS BECOME TO HIM A SCENE OF PAIN.
  298. 298.SONNET XXI. — L' alma mia fiamma oltra le belle bella. — HE ACKNOWLEDGES THE WISDOM OF HER PAST COLDNESS TO HIM.
  299. 299.SONNET XXII. — Come va 'l mondo! or mi diletta e piace. — HE BLESSES LAURA FOR HER VIRTUE.
  300. 300.SONNET XXIII. — Quand' io veggio dal ciel scender l' Aurora. — MORN RENDERS HIS GRIEF MORE POIGNANT.
  301. 301.SONNET XXIV. — Gli occhi di ch' io parlai sì caldamente. — HIS LYRE IS NOW ATTUNED ONLY TO WOE.
  302. 302.SONNET XXV. — S' io avessi pensato che sì care. — HIS POEMS WERE WRITTEN ONLY TO SOOTHE HIS OWN GRIEF: OTHERWISE HE WOULD HAVE LABOURED TO MAKE THEM MORE DESERVING OF THE FAME THEY HAVE ACQUIRED.
  303. 303.SONNET XXVI. — Soleasi nel mio cor star bella e viva. — SINCE HER DEATH, NOTHING IS LEFT TO HIM BUT GRIEF.
  304. 304.SONNET XXVII. — Soleano i miei pensier soavemente. — HE COMFORTS HIMSELF WITH THE HOPE THAT SHE HEARS HIM.
  305. 305.SONNET XXVIII. — I' mi soglio accusare, ed or mi scuso. — HE GLORIES IN HIS LOVE.
  306. 306.SONNET XXIX. — Due gran nemiche insieme erano aggiunte. — THE UNION OF BEAUTY AND VIRTUE IS DISSOLVED BY HER DEATH.
  307. 307.SONNET XXX. — Quand' io mi volgo indietro a mirar gli anni. — THE REMEMBRANCE OF THE PAST ENHANCES HIS MISERY.
  308. 308.SONNET XXXI. — Ov' è la fronte che con picciol cenno. — HE ENUMERATES AND EULOGISES THE GRACES OF LAURA.
  309. 309.SONNET XXXII. — Quanta invidia ti porto, avara terra. — HE ENVIES EARTH, HEAVEN, AND DEATH THEIR POSSESSION OF HIS TREASURE.
  310. 310.SONNET XXXIII. — Valle che d' lamenti miei se' piena. — ON HIS RETURN TO VAUCLUSE AFTER LAURA'S DEATH.
  311. 311.SONNET XXXIV. — Levommi il mio pensier in parte ov' era. — SOARING IN IMAGINATION TO HEAVEN, HE MEETS LAURA, AND IS HAPPY.
  312. 312.SONNET XXXV. — Amor che meco al buon tempo ti stavi. — HE VENTS HIS SORROW TO ALL WHO WITNESSED HIS FORMER FELICITY.
  313. 313.SONNET XXXVI. — Mentre che 'l cor dagli amorosi vermi. — HAD SHE NOT DIED SO EARLY, HE WOULD HAVE LEARNED TO PRAISE HER MORE WORTHILY.
  314. 314.SONNET XXXVII. — Anima bella, da quel nodo sciolta. — HE PRAYS LAURA TO LOOK DOWN UPON HIM FROM HEAVEN.
  315. 315.SONNET XXXVIII. — Quel sol che mi mostrava il cammin destro. — LOVE AND HE SEEK LAURA, BUT FIND NO TRACES OF HER EXCEPT IN THE SKY.
  316. 316.SONNET XXXIX. — Io pensava assai destro esser sull' ale. — UNWORTHY TO HAVE LOOKED UPON HER, HE IS STILL MORE SO TO ATTEMPT HER PRAISES.
  317. 317.SONNET XL. — Quella per cui con Sorga ho cangiat' Arno. — HE ATTEMPTS TO PAINT HER BEAUTIES, BUT NOT HER VIRTUES.
  318. 318.SONNET XLI. — L' alto e novo miracol ch' a dì nostri. — IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM TO DESCRIBE HER EXCELLENCES.
  319. 319.SONNET XLII. — Zefiro torna, e 'l bel tempo rimena. — RETURNING SPRING BRINGS TO HIM ONLY INCREASE OF GRIEF.
  320. 320.SONNET XLIII. — Quel rosignuol che sì soave piagne. — THE SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE REMINDS HIM OF HIS UNHAPPY LOT.
  321. 321.SONNET XLIV. — Nè per sereno cielo ir vaghe stelle. — NOTHING THAT NATURE OFFERS CAN AFFORD HIM CONSOLATION.
  322. 322.SONNET XLV. — Passato è 'l tempo omai, lasso! che tanto. — HIS ONLY DESIRE IS AGAIN TO BE WITH HER.
  323. 323.SONNET XLVI. — Mente mia che presaga de' tuoi danni. — HE RECALLS WITH GRIEF THEIR LAST MEETING.
  324. 324.SONNET XLVII. — Tutta la mia fiorita e verde etade. — JUST WHEN HE MIGHT FAIRLY HOPE SOME RETURN OF AFFECTION, ENVIOUS DEATH CARRIES HER OFF.
  325. 325.SONNET XLVIII. — Tempo era omai da trovar pace o tregua. — HE CONSOLES HIMSELF WITH THE BELIEF THAT SHE NOW AT LAST SYMPATHISES WITH HIM.
  326. 326.SONNET XLIX. — Tranquillo porto avea mostrato Amore. — DEATH HAS ROBBED HIM IN ONE MOMENT OF THE FRUIT OF HIS LIFE.
  327. 327.SONNET L. — Al cader d' una pianta che si svelse. — UNDER THE ALLEGORY OF A LAUREL HE AGAIN DEPLORES HER DEATH.
  328. 328.SONNET LI. — I dì miei più leggier che nessun cervo. — HIS PASSION FINDS ITS ONLY CONSOLATION IN CONTEMPLATING HER IN HEAVEN.
  329. 329.SONNET LII. — Sente l' aura mia antica, e i dolci colli. — HE REVISITS VAUCLUSE.
  330. 330.SONNET LIII. — E questo 'l nido in che la mia Fenice. — THE SIGHT OF LAURA'S HOUSE REMINDS HIM OF HIS MISERY.
  331. 331.SONNET LIV. — Mai non vedranno le mie luci asciutte. — TO THE MEMORY OF GIACOMO COLONNA, WHO DIED BEFORE PETRARCH COULD REPLY TO A LETTER OF HIS.
  332. 332.CANZONE III. — Standomi un giorno solo alla finestra. — UNDER VARIOUS ALLEGORIES HE PAINTS THE VIRTUE, BEAUTY, AND UNTIMELY DEATH OF LAURA.
  333. 333.BALLATA I. — Amor, quando fioria. — HIS GRIEF AT SURVIVING HER IS MITIGATED BY THE CONSCIOUSNESS THAT SHE NOW KNOWS HIS HEART.
  334. 334.CANZONE IV. — Tacer non posso, e temo non adopre. — HE RECALLS HER MANY GRACES.
  335. 335.SONNET LV. — Or hai fatto l' estremo di tua possa. — DEATH MAY DEPRIVE HIM OF THE SIGHT OF HER BEAUTIES, BUT NOT OF THE MEMORY OF HER VIRTUES.
  336. 336.SONNET LVI. — L' aura e l' odore e 'l refrigerio e l' ombra. — HER OWN VIRTUES IMMORTALISE HER IN HEAVEN, AND HIS PRAISES ON EARTH.
  337. 337.SONNET LVII. — L' ultimo, lasso! de' miei giorni allegri. — HE REVERTS TO THEIR LAST MEETING.
  338. 338.SONNET LVIII. — O giorno, o ora, o ultimo momento. — HE MOURNS HIS WANT OF PERCEPTION AT THAT MEETING.
  339. 339.SONNET LIX. — Quel vago, dolce, caro, onesto sguardo. — HE SHOULD HAVE FORESEEN HIS LOSS IN THE UNUSUAL LUSTRE OF HER EYES.
  340. 340.CANZONE V. — Solea dalla fontana di mia vita. — MEMORY IS HIS ONLY SOLACE AND SUPPORT.
  341. 341.SESTINA I. — Mia benigna fortuna e 'l viver lieto. — IN HIS MISERY HE DESIRES DEATH THE MORE HE REMEMBERS HIS PAST CONTENTMENT AND COMFORT.
  342. 342.SONNET LX. — Ite, rime dolenti, al duro sasso. — HE PRAYS THAT SHE WILL BE NEAR HIM AT HIS DEATH, WHICH HE FEELS APPROACHING.
  343. 343.SONNET LXI. — S' onesto amor può meritar mercede. — HE PRAYS THAT, IN REWARD FOR HIS LONG AND VIRTUOUS ATTACHMENT, SHE WILL VISIT HIM IN DEATH.
  344. 344.SONNET LXII. — Vidi fra mille donne una già tale. — BEAUTY SHOWED ITSELF IN, AND DISAPPEARED WITH, LAURA.
  345. 345.SONNET LXIII. — Tornami a mente, anzi v' è dentro quella. — SHE IS SO FIXED IN HIS HEART THAT AT TIMES HE BELIEVES HER STILL ALIVE, AND IS FORCED TO RECALL THE DATE OF HER DEATH.
  346. 346.SONNET LXIV. — Questo nostro caduco e fragil bene. — NATURE DISPLAYED IN HER EVERY CHARM, BUT SOON WITHDREW HER FROM SIGHT.
  347. 347.SONNET LXV. — O tempo, o ciel volubil che fuggendo. — HE NO LONGER CONTEMPLATES THE MORTAL, BUT THE IMMORTAL BEAUTIES OF LAURA.
  348. 348.SONNET LXVI. — Quel, che d' odore e di color vincea. — THE LAUREL, IN WHOM HE PLACED ALL HIS JOY HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM HIM TO ADORN HEAVEN.
  349. 349.SONNET LXVII. — Lasciato hai, Morte, senza sole il mondo. — HER TRUE WORTH WAS KNOWN ONLY TO HIM AND TO HEAVEN.
  350. 350.SONNET LXVIII. — Conobbi, quanto il ciel gli occhi m' aperse. — HER PRAISES ARE, COMPARED WITH HER DESERTS, BUT AS A DROP TO THE OCEAN.
  351. 351.SONNET LXIX. — Dolce mio caro e prezioso pegno. — HE PRAYS HER TO APPEAR BEFORE HIM IN A VISION.
  352. 352.SONNET LXX. — Deh qual pietà, qual angel fu sì presto. — HIS PRAYER IS HEARD.
  353. 353.SONNET LXXI. — Del cibo onde 'l signor mio sempre abbonda. — HE DESCRIBES THE APPARITION OF LAURA.
  354. 354.SONNET LXXII. — Ripensando a quel ch' oggi il ciel onora. — HE WOULD DIE OF GRIEF WERE SHE NOT SOMETIMES TO CONSOLE HIM BY HER PRESENCE.
  355. 355.SONNET LXXIII. — Fu forse un tempo dolce cosa amore. — HE COMPLAINS OF HIS SUFFERINGS, WHICH ADMIT OF NO RELIEF.
  356. 356.SONNET LXXIV. — Spinse amor e dolor ove ir non debbe. — REFLECTING THAT LAURA IS IN HEAVEN, HE REPENTS HIS EXCESSIVE GRIEF, AND IS CONSOLED.
  357. 357.SONNET LXXV. — Gli angeli eletti e l' anime beate. — HE DIRECTS ALL HIS THOUGHTS TO HEAVEN, WHERE LAURA AWAITS AND BECKONS HIM.
  358. 358.SONNET LXXVI. — Donna che lieta col Principio nostro. — HE CONJURES LAURA, BY THE PURE LOVE HE EVER BORE HER, TO OBTAIN FOR HIM A SPEEDY ADMISSION TO HER IN HEAVEN.
  359. 359.SONNET LXXVII. — Da' più begli occhi e dal più chiaro viso. — HIS ONLY COMFORT IS THE EXPECTATION OF MEETING HER AGAIN IN HEAVEN.
  360. 360.SONNET LXXVIII. — E' mi par d' or in ora udire il messo. — HE FEELS THAT THE DAY OF THEIR REUNION IS AT HAND.
  361. 361.SONNET LXXIX. — L' aura mia sacra al mio stanco riposo. — HE TELLS HER IN SLEEP OF HIS SUFFERINGS, AND, OVERCOME BY HER SYMPATHY, AWAKES.
  362. 362.SONNET LXXX. — Ogni giorno mi par più di mill' anni. — FAR FROM FEARING, HE PRAYS FOR DEATH.
  363. 363.SONNET LXXXI. — Non può far morte il dolce viso amaro. — SINCE HER DEATH HE HAS CEASED TO LIVE.
  364. 364.CANZONE VI. — Quando il suave mio fido conforto. — SHE APPEARS TO HIM, AND, WITH MORE THAN WONTED AFFECTION, ENDEAVOURS TO CONSOLE HIM.
  365. 365.CANZONE VII. — Quell' antiquo mio dolce empio signore. — LOVE, SUMMONED BY THE POET TO THE TRIBUNAL OF REASON, PASSES A SPLENDID EULOGIUM ON LAURA. — [OF PARTS ONLY]
  366. 366.SONNET LXXXII. — Dicemi spesso il mio fidato speglio. — HE AWAKES TO A CONVICTION OF THE NEAR APPROACH OF DEATH.
  367. 367.SONNET LXXXIII. — Volo con l' ali de' pensieri al cielo. — HE SEEMS TO BE WITH HER IN HEAVEN.
  368. 368.SONNET LXXXIV. — Morte ha spento quel Sol ch' abbagliar suolmi. — WEARY OF LIFE, NOW THAT SHE IS NO LONGER WITH HIM, HE DEVOTES HIMSELF TO GOD.
  369. 369.SONNET LXXXV. — Tennemi Amor anni ventuno ardendo. — HE CONFESSES AND REGRETS HIS SINS, AND PRAYS GOD TO SAVE HIM FROM ETERNAL DEATH.
  370. 370.SONNET LXXXVI. — I' vo piangendo i miei passati tempi. — HE HUMBLY CONFESSES THE ERRORS OF HIS PAST LIFE, AND PRAYS FOR DIVINE GRACE.
  371. 371.SONNET LXXXVII. — Dolci durezze e placide repulse. — HE OWES HIS OWN SALVATION TO THE VIRTUOUS CONDUCT OF LAURA.
  372. 372.SONNET LXXXVIII. — Spirto felice, che sì dolcemente. — BEHOLDING IN FANCY THE SHADE OF LAURA, HE TELLS HER THE LOSS THAT THE WORLD SUSTAINED IN HER DEPARTURE.
  373. 373.SONNET LXXXIX. — Deh porgi mano all' affannato ingegno. — HE BEGS LOVE TO ASSIST HIM, THAT HE MAY WORTHILY CELEBRATE HER.
  374. 374.SONNET XC. — Vago augelletto che cantando vai. — THE PLAINTIVE SONG OF A BIRD RECALLS TO HIM HIS OWN KEENER SORROW.
  375. 375.CANZONE VIII. — Vergine bella che di sol vestita. — TO THE VIRGIN MARY.
  376. 376.PETRARCH'S TRIUMPHS.
  377. 377.THE TRIUMPH OF LOVE. — PART I. — Nel tempo che rinova i miei sospiri. — PART II. — Stanci già di mirar, non sazio ancora. — PART III — Era sì pieno il cor di maraviglie. — PART IV. — Poscia che mia fortuna in forza altrui.
  378. 378.THE SAME. — PART I. — PART II. — PART III. — PART IV.
  379. 379.THE TRIUMPH OF CHASTITY. — Quando ad un giogo ed in Un tempo quivi.
  380. 380.THE SAME.
  381. 381.THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH. — PART I. — Questa leggiadra e gloriosa Donna. — [LINES 103 TO END.] — PART II — La notte che seguì l' orribil caso.
  382. 382.THE TRIUMPH OF FAME. — PART I. — Da poi che Morte trionfò nel volto . — PART II. — Pien d' infinita e nobil maraviglia. — PART III. — Io non sapea da tal vista levarme.
  383. 383.THE TRIUMPH OF TIME. — Dell' aureo albergo con l' Aurora innanzi.
  384. 384.THE TRIUMPH OF ETERNITY. — Da poi che sotto 'l ciel cosa non vidi. — [LINES 82-99.]
  385. 385.SONNET FOUND IN LAURA'S TOMB. — Qui reposan quei caste e felice ossa.
  386. 386.INDEX. — SONNETS, CANZONI, &c. — FOOTNOTES:

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