Love

Sonnet CXCI (In Life): He Envies the Breeze Which Sports with Her, the Stream That Flows Towards Her

by Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) 1304–1374

anonymous (in Bohn, 1879) · From To Laura in Life

Love

Ye laughing gales, that sporting with my fair,
The silky tangles of her locks unbraid;
And down her breast their golden treasures spread;
Then in fresh mazes weave her curling hair,
You kiss those bright destructive eyes, that bear
The flaming darts by which my heart has bled;
My trembling heart! that oft has fondly stray'd
To seek the nymph, whose eyes such terrors wear.
Methinks she's found--but oh! 'tis fancy's cheat!
Methinks she's seen--but oh! 'tis love's deceit!
Methinks she's near--but truth cries "'tis not so!"
Go happy gale, and with my Laura dwell!
Go happy stream, and to my Laura tell
What envied joys in thy clear crystal flow!

MLA

Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch). “Sonnet CXCI (In Life): He Envies the Breeze Which Sports with Her, the Stream That Flows Towards Her.” Translated by anonymous. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/petrarch/226/.

Chicago

Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch). “Sonnet CXCI (In Life): He Envies the Breeze Which Sports with Her, the Stream That Flows Towards Her.” Translated by anonymous. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/petrarch/226/.

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