Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BURNING TOGETHER, by GIAMBATTISTA MARINI


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First Line: Lady, to death we're doom'd our crime the same!
Last Line: In my heart thou wilt burn, I roast before thine eyes --
Alternate Author Name(s): Marino, Giambattista; Marino, Giovanni Battista


Lady, to Death we're doom'd, our crime the same!
Thou, that in me thou kindledst such fierce Heat;
I, that my Heart did of a Sun so sweet
The Rays concentre to so hot a flame.
I, fascinated by an Adder's Eye,
Deaf as an Adder thou to all my Pain;
Thou obstinate in Scorn, in Passion I --
I lov'd too much, too much didst thou disdain.
Hear then our doom in Hell as just as stern,
Our sentence equal as our crimes conspire
Who living basked at Beauty's earthly Fire
In living flames eternal there must burn/ --
Hell for us both fit places too supplies --
In my Heart thou wilt burn, I roast before thine Eyes --





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