Love
Madrigale III (In Life): He Allegorically Describes the Origin of His Passion
Translated by Major Macgregor (in Bohn, 1879) · From To Laura in Life
From heaven an angel upon radiant wings,
New lighted on that shore so fresh and fair,
To which, so doom'd, my faithful footstep clings:
Alone and friendless, when she found me there,
Of gold and silk a finely-woven net,
Where lay my path, 'mid seeming flowers she set:
Thus was I caught, and, for such sweet light shone
From out her eyes, I soon forgot to moan.
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MLA
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch). “Madrigale III (In Life): He Allegorically Describes the Origin of His Passion.” Translated by Major Macgregor. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/petrarch/105/.
Chicago
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch). “Madrigale III (In Life): He Allegorically Describes the Origin of His Passion.” Translated by Major Macgregor. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/petrarch/105/.
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