Sonnet CCXV
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HE SIGHS FOR THOSE GLANCES FROM WHICH, TO HIS GRIEF, FORTUNE EVER DELIGHTS TO WITHDRAW HIM.
O angel looks! O accents of the skies!
Shall I or see or hear you once again?
O golden tresses, which my heart enchain,
And lead it forth, Love's willing sacrifice!
O face of beauty given in anger's guise,
Which still I not enjoy, and still complain!
O dear delusion! O bewitching pain!
Transports, at once my punishment and prize!
If haply those soft eyes some kindly beam
(Eyes, where my soul and all my thoughts reside)
Vouchsafe, in tender pity to bestow;
Sudden, of all my joys the murtheress tried,
Fortune with steed or ship dispels the gleam;
Fortune, with stern behest still prompt to work my woe.
Wrangham.
O gentle looks! O words of heavenly sound!
Shall I behold you, hear you once again?
O waving locks, that Love has made the chain,
In which this wretched ruin'd heart is bound!
O face divine! whose magic spells surround
My soul, distemper'd with unceasing pain:
O dear deceit! O loving errors vain!
To hug the dart and doat upon the wound!
Did those soft eyes, in whose angelic light
My life, my thoughts, a constant mansion find,
Ever impart a pure unmixed delight?
Or if they have one moment, then unkind
Fortune steps in, and sends me from their sight,
And gives my opening pleasures to the wind.
O angel looks! O accents of the skies!
Shall I or see or hear you once again?
O golden tresses, which my heart enchain,
And lead it forth, Love's willing sacrifice!
O face of beauty given in anger's guise,
Which still I not enjoy, and still complain!
O dear delusion! O bewitching pain!
Transports, at once my punishment and prize!
If haply those soft eyes some kindly beam
(Eyes, where my soul and all my thoughts reside)
Vouchsafe, in tender pity to bestow;
Sudden, of all my joys the murtheress tried,
Fortune with steed or ship dispels the gleam;
Fortune, with stern behest still prompt to work my woe.
Wrangham.
O gentle looks! O words of heavenly sound!
Shall I behold you, hear you once again?
O waving locks, that Love has made the chain,
In which this wretched ruin'd heart is bound!
O face divine! whose magic spells surround
My soul, distemper'd with unceasing pain:
O dear deceit! O loving errors vain!
To hug the dart and doat upon the wound!
Did those soft eyes, in whose angelic light
My life, my thoughts, a constant mansion find,
Ever impart a pure unmixed delight?
Or if they have one moment, then unkind
Fortune steps in, and sends me from their sight,
And gives my opening pleasures to the wind.
Morehead.
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- 16.Sonnet XIV
- 17.Sonnet XV
- 18.Sonnet XVI
- 19.Sonnet XVII
- 20.Sonnet XVIII
- 21.Sonnet XIX
- 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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