Sonnet XC
SONNET XC.
Qui dove mezzo son, Sennuccio mio.
THE MERE SIGHT OF VAUCLUSE MAKES HIM FORGET ALL THE PERILS OF HIS JOURNEY.
Friend, on this spot, I life but half endure(Would I were wholly here and you content),Where from the storm and wind my course I bent,Which suddenly had left the skies obscure.Fain would I tell—for here I feel me sure—Why lightnings now no fear to me present;And why unmitigated, much less spent,E'en as before my fierce desires allure.Soon as I reach'd these realms of love, and sawWhere, sweet and pure, to life my Laura came,Who calms the air, at rest the thunder lays;Love in my soul, where she alone gives law,Quench'd the cold fear and kindled the fast flame;What were it then on her bright eyes to gaze!
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