Sonnet XLIX

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Sonnet XLIX by Francesco Petrarch

[Pg 273]
 
SONNET XLIX.
 
Tranquillo porto avea mostrato Amore.
 
DEATH HAS ROBBED HIM IN ONE MOMENT OF THE FRUIT OF HIS LIFE.
 
 
From life's long storm of trouble and of tearsLove show'd a tranquil haven and fair end'Mid better thoughts which riper age attend,That vice lays bare and virtue clothes and cheers.She saw my true heart, free from doubts and fears,And its high faith which could no more offend;Ah, cruel Death! how quick wert thou to rendIn so few hours the fruit of many years!A longer life the time had surely broughtWhen in her chaste ear my full heart had laidThe ancient burthen of its dearest thought;And she, perchance, might then have answer made,Forth-sighing some blest words, whilst white and fewOur locks became, and wan our cheeks in hue.
 
Macgregor.

Form: Italian Sonnet

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