Sonnet V
SONNET V.
Quand' io movo i sospiri a chiamar voi.
HE PLAYS UPON THE NAME LAURETA OR LAURA.
In sighs when I outbreathe your cherish'd name,That name which love has writ upon my heart,LAUd instantly upon my doting tongue,At the first thought of its sweet sound, is heard;Your REgal state, which I encounter next,Doubles my valour in that high emprize:But TAcit ends the word; your praise to tellIs fitting load for better backs than mine.Thus all who call you, by the name itself,Are taught at once to LAUd and to REvere,O worthy of all reverence and esteem!Save that perchance Apollo may disdainThat mortal tongue of his immortal boughsShould ever so presume as e'en to speak.
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