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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS TO LAURA IN LIFE: 188, by PETRARCH Poet's Biography First Line: If amorous faith, a heart of guileless ways Last Line: Yours, lady, is the fault and mine the loss. Alternate Author Name(s): Petrarca, Francesco Variant Title(s): Signs Of Love | |||
IF amorous faith, a heart of guileless ways, Soft languors, courteously controlled desire, And virtuous will, kindled with noble fire, And lengthened wanderings in a lightless maze; If thoughts, which evermore the brow displays, Or words that faint and brokenly suspire, Still checked with fear and shame; if hues no higher Than the pale violet hath, or love displays; If holding some one than one's self more dear, If sorrowing and sighing evermore, If chewing grief, and rage, and many a cross, If burning far away, and freezing near, Are signs that Love consumes me to the core, Yours, lady, is the fault and mine the loss. | 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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