Get Your Premium Membership

SONNET CLXII

SONNET CLXII.

Di dì in dì vo cangiando il viso e 'l pelo.

HIS WOUNDS CAN BE HEALED ONLY BY PITY OR DEATH.

I alter day by day in hair and mien,
Yet shun not the old dangerous baits and dear,
Nor sever from the laurel, limed and green,
Which nor the scorching sun, nor fierce cold sear.
Dry shall the sea, the sky be starless seen,
Ere I shall cease to covet and to fear
Her lovely shadow, and—which ill I screen—
To like, yet loathe, the deep wound cherish'd here:
[Pg 177]For never hope I respite from my pain,
From bones and nerves and flesh till I am free,
Unless mine enemy some pity deign,
Till things impossible accomplish'd be,
None but herself or death the blow can heal
Which Love from her bright eyes has left my heart to feel.
Macgregor.

Poem by Francesco Petrarch
Biography | Poems | Best Poems | Short Poems | Quotes | Email Poem - SONNET CLXIIEmail Poem | Create an image from this poem

Poems are below...



More Poems by Francesco Petrarch

Comments, Analysis, and Meaning on SONNET CLXII

Provide your analysis, explanation, meaning, interpretation, and comments on the poem SONNET CLXII here.

Commenting turned off, sorry.


Book: Reflection on the Important Things