Sonnet CXCII
SONNET CXCII.
Amor con la man destra il lato manco.
UNDER THE FIGURE OF A LAUREL, HE RELATES THE GROWTH OF HIS LOVE.
My poor heart op'ning with his puissant hand,Love planted there, as in its home, to dwellA Laurel, green and bright, whose hues might wellIn rivalry with proudest emeralds stand:Plough'd by my pen and by my heart-sighs fann'd,Cool'd by the soft rain from mine eyes that fell,It grew in grace, upbreathing a sweet smell,Unparallel'd in any age or land.Fair fame, bright honour, virtue firm, rare grace,The chastest beauty in celestial frame,—These be the roots whence birth so noble came.Such ever in my mind her form I trace,A happy burden and a holy thing,To which on rev'rent knee with loving prayer I cling.
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