Petrarca, Francesco: Sonetto CLIX (Stiamo, Amor, a veder la gloria nostra)
Sonetto CLIX (Stiamo, Amor, a veder la gloria nostra) (Italian)
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Sonnet CLIX (English)Here stand we, Love, our glory to behold--
How, passing Nature, lovely, high, and rare! Behold! what showers of sweetness falling there! What floods of light by heaven to earth unroll'd! How shine her robes, in purple, pearls, and gold, So richly wrought, with skill beyond compare! How glance her feet!--her beaming eyes how fair Through the dark cloister which these hills enfold! The verdant turf, and flowers of thousand hues Beneath yon oak's old canopy of state, Spring round her feet to pay their amorous duty. The heavens, in joyful reverence, cannot choose But light up all their fires, to celebrate Her praise, whose presence charms their awful beauty. |