Sonnet XXVIII
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HE SEEKS SOLITUDE, BUT LOVE FOLLOWS HIM EVERYWHERE
Alone, and lost in thought, the desert glade
Measuring I roam with ling'ring steps and slow;
And still a watchful glance around me throw,
Anxious to shun the print of human tread:
No other means I find, no surer aid
From the world's prying eye to hide my woe:
So well my wild disorder'd gestures show,
And love lorn looks, the fire within me bred,
That well I deem each mountain, wood and plain,
And river knows, what I from man conceal,
What dreary hues my life's fond prospects dim.
Yet whate'er wild or savage paths I've ta'en,
Where'er I wander, love attends me still,
Soft whisp'ring to my soul, and I to him.
Anon., Ox., 1795.
Alone, and pensive, near some desert shore,
Far from the haunts of men I love to stray,
And, cautiously, my distant path explore
Where never human footsteps mark'd the way.
Thus from the public gaze I strive to fly,
And to the winds alone my griefs impart;
While in my hollow cheek and haggard eye
Appears the fire that burns my inmost heart.
But ah, in vain to distant scenes I go;
No solitude my troubled thoughts allays.
Methinks e'en things inanimate must know
The flame that on my soul in secret preys;
Whilst Love, unconquer'd, with resistless sway
Still hovers round my path, still meets me on my way.
Alone, and lost in thought, the desert glade
Measuring I roam with ling'ring steps and slow;
And still a watchful glance around me throw,
Anxious to shun the print of human tread:
No other means I find, no surer aid
From the world's prying eye to hide my woe:
So well my wild disorder'd gestures show,
And love lorn looks, the fire within me bred,
That well I deem each mountain, wood and plain,
And river knows, what I from man conceal,
What dreary hues my life's fond prospects dim.
Yet whate'er wild or savage paths I've ta'en,
Where'er I wander, love attends me still,
Soft whisp'ring to my soul, and I to him.
Anon., Ox., 1795.
Alone, and pensive, near some desert shore,
Far from the haunts of men I love to stray,
And, cautiously, my distant path explore
Where never human footsteps mark'd the way.
Thus from the public gaze I strive to fly,
And to the winds alone my griefs impart;
While in my hollow cheek and haggard eye
Appears the fire that burns my inmost heart.
But ah, in vain to distant scenes I go;
No solitude my troubled thoughts allays.
Methinks e'en things inanimate must know
The flame that on my soul in secret preys;
Whilst Love, unconquer'd, with resistless sway
Still hovers round my path, still meets me on my way.
J.B. Taylor.
Alone and pensive, the deserted plain,
With tardy pace and sad, I wander by;
And mine eyes o'er it rove, intent to fly
Where distant shores no trace of man retain;
No help save this I find, some cave to gain
Where never may intrude man's curious eye,
Lest on my brow, a stranger long to joy,
He read the secret fire which makes my pain
For here, methinks, the mountain and the flood,
Valley and forest the strange temper know
Of my sad life conceal'd from others' sight—
Yet where, where shall I find so wild a wood,
A way so rough that there Love cannot go
Communing with me the long day and night?
Macgregor.
Alone and pensive, the deserted plain,
With tardy pace and sad, I wander by;
And mine eyes o'er it rove, intent to fly
Where distant shores no trace of man retain;
No help save this I find, some cave to gain
Where never may intrude man's curious eye,
Lest on my brow, a stranger long to joy,
He read the secret fire which makes my pain
For here, methinks, the mountain and the flood,
Valley and forest the strange temper know
Of my sad life conceal'd from others' sight—
Yet where, where shall I find so wild a wood,
A way so rough that there Love cannot go
Communing with me the long day and night?
Macgregor.
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- 23.Canzone I
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- 25.Sonnet XXI
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- 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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