Love

Sonnet XCII (In Life): Laura Turning to Salute Him, the Sun, Through Jealousy, Withdrew Behind a Cloud

by Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) 1304–1374

Translated by Major Macgregor (in Bohn, 1879) · From To Laura in Life

Love

'Tween two fond lovers I a lady spied,
Virtuous but haughty, and with her that lord,
By gods above and men below adored--
The sun on this, myself upon that side--
Soon as she found herself the sphere denied
Of her bright friend, on my fond eyes she pour'd
A flood of life and joy, which hope restored
Less cold to me will be her future pride.
Suddenly changed itself to cordial mirth
The jealous fear to which at his first sight
So high a rival in my heart gave birth;
As suddenly his sad and rueful plight
From further scrutiny a small cloud veil'd,
So much it ruffled him that then he fail'd.

MLA

Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch). “Sonnet XCII (In Life): Laura Turning to Salute Him, the Sun, Through Jealousy, Withdrew Behind a Cloud.” Translated by Major Macgregor. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/petrarch/114/.

Chicago

Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch). “Sonnet XCII (In Life): Laura Turning to Salute Him, the Sun, Through Jealousy, Withdrew Behind a Cloud.” Translated by Major Macgregor. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/petrarch/114/.

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