Love
Sonnet XCI (In Life): Leaving Rome, He Desires Only Peace with Laura and Prosperity to Colonna
Translated by Rev. Dr. Nott (in Bohn, 1879) · From To Laura in Life
Yes, out of impious Babylon I'm flown,
Whence flown all shame, whence banish'd is all good,
That nurse of error, and of guilt th' abode,
To lengthen out a life which else were gone:
There as Love prompts, while wandering alone,
I now a garland weave, and now an ode;
With him I commune, and in pensive mood
Hope better times; this only checks my moan.
Nor for the throng, nor fortune do I care,
Nor for myself, nor sublunary things,
No ardour outwardly, or inly springs:
I ask two persons only: let my fair
For me a kind and tender heart maintain;
And be my friend secure in his high post again.
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MLA
Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch). “Sonnet XCI (In Life): Leaving Rome, He Desires Only Peace with Laura and Prosperity to Colonna.” Translated by Rev. Dr. Nott. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/petrarch/113/.
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Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch). “Sonnet XCI (In Life): Leaving Rome, He Desires Only Peace with Laura and Prosperity to Colonna.” Translated by Rev. Dr. Nott. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/petrarch/113/.
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