Sonnet CCIX
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HE INVITES THOSE TO WHOM HIS PRAISES SEEM EXCESSIVE TO BEHOLD THE OBJECT OF THEM
Haply my style to some may seem too free
In praise of her who holds my being's chain,
Queen of her sex describing her to reign,
Wise, winning, good, fair, noble, chaste to be:
To me it seems not so; I fear that she
My lays as low and trifling may disdain,
Worthy a higher and a better strain;
—Who thinks not with me let him come and see.
Then will he say, She whom his wishes seek
Is one indeed whose grace and worth might tire
The muses of all lands and either lyre.
But mortal tongue for state divine is weak,
And may not soar; by flattery and force,
As Fate not choice ordains, Love rules its course.
Macgregor.
Haply my style to some may seem too free
In praise of her who holds my being's chain,
Queen of her sex describing her to reign,
Wise, winning, good, fair, noble, chaste to be:
To me it seems not so; I fear that she
My lays as low and trifling may disdain,
Worthy a higher and a better strain;
—Who thinks not with me let him come and see.
Then will he say, She whom his wishes seek
Is one indeed whose grace and worth might tire
The muses of all lands and either lyre.
But mortal tongue for state divine is weak,
And may not soar; by flattery and force,
As Fate not choice ordains, Love rules its course.
Macgregor.
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- 18.Sonnet XVI
- 19.Sonnet XVII
- 20.Sonnet XVIII
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- 22.Sestina I
- 23.Canzone I
- 24.Sonnet XX
- 25.Sonnet XXI
- 26.Sonnet XXII
- 27.Sonnet XXIII
- 28.Canzone II
- 29.Canzone III
- 30.Sestina II
- 31.Sonnet XXIV
- 32.Sonnet XXV
- 33.Sonnet XXVI
- 34.Sonnet XXVII
- 35.Sonnet XXVIII
- 36.Sonnet XXIX
- 37.Canzone IV
- 38.Sonnet XXX
- 39.Sonnet XXXI
- 40.Sonnet XXXII
- 41.Sonnet XXXIII
- 42.Sonnet XXXIV
- 43.Sonnet XXXV
- 44.Sonnet XXXVI
- 45.Sonnet XXXVII
- 46.Sonnet XXXVIII
- 47.Sonnet XXXIX
- 48.Sonnet XL
- 49.Sonnet XLI
- 50.Canzone V
- 51.Sonnet XLII
- 52.Madrigale I
- 101.Sestina VII
- 102.Sestina VIII
- 103.Sonnet CCI
- 104.Sonnet CCII
- 105.Sonnet CCIII
- 106.Sonnet CCV
- 107.Sonnet CCVI
- 108.Sonnet CCVIII
- 109.Sonnet CCIX
- 110.Sonnet CCX
- 111.Sonnet CCXI
- 112.Sonnet CCXII
- 113.Sonnet CCXIII
- 114.Sonnet CCXIV
- 115.Sonnet CCXV
- 116.Sonnet CCXVI
- 117.Sonnet CCXVII
- 118.Sonnet CCXVIII
- 119.Sonnet CCXIX
- 120.Sonnet CCXX
- 121.Sonnet CCXXI
- 122.Sonnet CCXXII
- 123.Sonnet CCXXIII
- 124.Sonnet CCXXIV
- 125.Sonnet CLVI
- 126.Canzone XXI
- 127.Sonnet CCXXVI
- 128.Sonnet CCXXVII
- 129.Sonnet CLVII
- 133.Sonnet CLVIII
- 141.Sonnet CLIX
- 145.Sonnet CLX
- 149.Sonnet CLXI
- 157.Sonnet CLXII
- 158.Sonnet CLXIII
- 159.Sonnet CLXIV
- 160.Sonnet CLXV
- 161.Sonnet CLXVI
- 162.Sonnet CLXVII
- 163.Sonnet CLXVIII
- 164.Sonnet CLXIX
- 165.Sonnet CLXX
- 166.Sonnet CLXXI
- 167.Sonnet CLXXII
- 168.Canzone XIX
- 169.Canzone XX
- 170.Sonnet CLXXIII
- 171.Sonnet CLXXIV
- 172.Sonnet CLXXV
- 173.Sonnet CLXXVI
- 177.Sonnet CLXXVII
- 178.Sonnet CLXXVIII
- 182.Sestina VI
- 185.Sonnet CLXXIX
- 186.Sonnet CLXXX
- 187.Sonnet CLXXXI
- 188.Sonnet CLXXXII
- 189.Sonnet CLXXXIII
- 190.Sonnet CLXXXIV
- 191.Sonnet CLXXXV
- 192.Sonnet CLXXXVI
- 193.Sonnet CLXXXVII
- 194.Sonnet CLXXXIX
- 195.Sonnet CXC
- 196.Sonnet CXCI
- 197.Sonnet CXCII
- 198.Sonnet CXCIII
- 199.Sonnet CXCV
- 200.Sonnet CXCIV
- 201.Sonnet CXCVI
- 202.Canzone VI
- 203.Madrigale II
- 204.Ballata III
- 205.Sonnet XLIII
- 206.Sonnet XLIV
- 207.Sonnet XLV
- 208.Ballata IV
- 209.Sonnet XLVI
- 210.Sonnet XLVII
- 211.Sonnet XLVIII
- 212.Ballata V
- 213.Sonnet XLIX
- 214.Sonnet L
- 215.Sestina III
- 216.Sonnet LI
- 217.Sonnet LII
- 218.Sonnet LIII
- 219.Canzone VII
- 220.Canzone VIII
- 221.Canzone IX
- 222.Canzone X
- 223.Sonnet LIV
- 224.Sonnet LV
- 225.Sonnet LVI
- 226.Sonnet LVII
- 227.Sonnet LVIII
- 228.Sonnet LIX
- 229.Sestina IV
- 230.Sonnet LX
- 231.Sonnet LXI
- 232.Sonnet LXII
- 233.Sonnet LXIII
- 234.Sonnet LXIV
- 235.Sonnet LXV
- 236.Sonnet LXVI
- 237.Sonnet LXVII
- 238.Sonnet LXVIII
- 239.Sonnet LXIX
- 240.Sonnet LXX
- 241.Sonnet LXXI
- 242.Sonnet LXXII
- 243.Sonnet LXXIII
- 244.Sonnet LXXVII
- 245.Sonnet LXXV
- 246.Sonnet LXXVI
- 247.Sonnet CXLVII
- 248.Sonnet LXXVIII
- 249.Sonnet LXXIX
- 250.Sonnet LXXX
- 251.Sonnet LXXXI
- 252.Sonnet LXXXII
- 253.Sonnet LXXXIII
- 254.Canzone XI
- 255.Madrigale III
- 256.Sonnet LXXXIV
- 257.Sonnet LXXXV
- 258.Sonnet LXXXVI
- 259.Sonnet LXXXVII
- 260.Sonnet LXXXVIII
- 261.Sonnet LXXXIX
- 262.Sonnet XC
- 263.Sonnet XCI
- 264.Sonnet XCII
- 265.Sonnet XCIII
- 266.Sonnet CXCVII
- 267.Sonnet XCIV
- 268.Sonnet XCV
- 269.Canzone XII
- 270.Madrigale IV
- 271.Sonnet XCVI
- 272.Sonnet XCVII
- 273.Sonnet XCVIII
- 274.Sonnet XCIX
- 275.Canzone XIII
- 276.Canzone XIV
- 277.Canzone XV
- 278.Canzone XVI
- 279.Canzone XVII
- 280.Sonnet C
- 281.Sonnet CII
- 282.Sonnet CIII
- 283.Sonnet CIV
- 284.Canzone XVIII
- 285.Sonnet CV
- 286.Sonnet CVI
- 287.Sonnet CVII
- 288.Sonnet CVIII
- 289.Sonnet CIX
- 290.Sonnet CX
- 291.Sestina V
- 292.Sonnet CXI
- 293.Sonnet CXII
- 294.Sonnet CXIII
- 295.Sonnet CXIV
- 296.Sonnet CXV
- 297.Sonnet CXVI
- 298.Ballata VI
- 299.Sonnet CXVII
- 300.Sonnet CXVIII
- 301.Sonnet CXIX
- 302.Sonnet CXXI
- 303.Sonnet CXX
- 304.Sonnet CXXII
- 305.Sonnet CXCVIII
- 306.Sonnet CXCIX
- 307.Sonnet CC
- 309.Sonnet CXXIII
- 310.Sonnet CXXIV
- 311.Sonnet CCXXV
- 312.Sonnet CLII
- 313.Sonnet CLIII
- 314.Sonnet CLIV
- 315.Sonnet CCIV
- 316.Sonnet CXXV
- 317.Sonnet CXXVI
- 318.Sonnet CXXVII
- 320.Sonnet CXXVIII
- 321.Sonnet CXXIX
- 322.Sonnet CXXX
- 323.Sonnet CXXXI
- 324.Sonnet CXXXII
- 325.Sonnet CXXXIII
- 326.Sonnet CXXXIV
- 328.Sonnet CXXXV
- 329.Sonnet CXXXVI
- 330.Sonnet CXXXVII
- 332.Sonnet CXXXVIII
- 333.Sonnet CXXXIX
- 334.Sonnet CXL
- 336.Sonnet CXLI
- 337.Sonnet CXLII
- 338.Sonnet CXLIII
- 339.Sonnet CXLIV
- 340.Sonnet CXLV
- 341.Sonnet CXLVI
- 345.Sonnet CXLVIII
- 360.Sonnet CXLIX
- 361.Sonnet CL
- 362.Sonnet CLI
- 364.Sonnet CLV
- 378.Amor, quando fioria
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