Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ELEGIAC SONNET: 16, by PETRARCH Poet's Biography First Line: Ye vales and woods! Fair scenes of happier hours Last Line: But the pale ashes which her urn contains. Alternate Author Name(s): Petrarca, Francesco | ||||||||
Ye vales and woods! fair scenes of happier hours; Ye feather'd people, tenants of the grove; And you, bright stream! befringed with shrubs and flowers; Behold my grief, ye witnesses of love! For ye beheld my infant passion rise, And saw thro' years unchang'd my faithful flame; Now cold, in dust, the beauteous object lies, And you, ye conscious scenes, are still the same! While busy Memory still delights to dwell On all the charms these bitter tears deplore, And with a trembling hand describes too well The angel form I shall behold no more! To heaven she's fled! and nought to me remains But the pale ashes which her urn contains. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNETS TO LAURA IN LIFE: 109 by PETRARCH SONNETS TO LAURA IN LIFE: 131 by PETRARCH SONNETS TO LAURA IN LIFE: 156 by PETRARCH A SONNET ON THE DEATH OF LAURA by PETRARCH A SONNET ON THE DEATH OF LAURA (2) by PETRARCH ELEGIAC SONNET: 13 by PETRARCH ELEGIAC SONNET: 14 by PETRARCH ELEGIAC SONNET: 15 by PETRARCH HE UNDERSTANDS THE GREAT CRUELTY OF DEATH by PETRARCH |
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