Sonnet CLV
SONNET CLV.
Almo Sol, quella fronde ch' io sola amo.
TO THE SUN, WHOSE SETTING HID LAURA'S DWELLING FROM HIS VIEW.
O blessed Sun! that sole sweet leaf I love,First loved by thee, in its fair seat, alone,Bloometh without a peer, since from aboveTo Adam first our shining ill was shown.Pause we to look on her! Although to stayThy course I pray thee, yet thy beams retire;Their shades the mountains fling, and parting dayParts me from all I most on earth desire.The shadows from yon gentle heights that fall,Where sparkles my sweet fire, where brightly grewThat stately laurel from a sucker small,Increasing, as I speak, hide from my viewThe beauteous landscape and the blessèd scene,Where dwells my true heart with its only queen.