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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RIME 269, by PETRARCH Poet's Biography First Line: The pillar perished is whereto I leant Last Line: Till dreadful death do ease my doleful state? Alternate Author Name(s): Petrarca, Francesco Variant Title(s): Sonnet;sonnet: 29 Subject(s): Cromwell, Thomas (1485-1540) | |||
The pillar perished is whereto I leant, The strongest stay of mine unquiet mind; The like of it no man again can find, From east to west, still seeking, though he went. To mine unhap! For hap away hath rent Of all my joy the very bark and rind, And I, alas, by chance am thus assigned Dearly to mourn till death do it relent. But since that thus it is by destiny, What can I more but have a woeful heart, My pen in plaint, my voice in careful cry, My mind in woe, my body full of smart, And I myself myself always to hate, Till dreadful death do ease my doleful state? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNETS TO LAURA IN LIFE: 109 by PETRARCH SONNETS TO LAURA IN LIFE: 131 by PETRARCH SONNETS TO LAURA IN LIFE: 156 by PETRARCH CLEAR, COOL STREAMS THAT SOFTLY FLOW by PETRARCH FROM THOUGHT TO THOUGHT, FROM HILL TO HILL by PETRARCH I CANNOT BE AT PEACE YET NEED NOT FIGHT by PETRARCH I DO REPENT ME OF DEPARTED DAYS by PETRARCH IN WHAT CELESTIAL SPHERE, BY WHOM INSPIRED by PETRARCH MINE OLD DEAR ENEMY, MY FROWARD MASTER by PETRARCH MY THOUGHTS GO FORTH TO THE ABIDING PLACE by PETRARCH |
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