Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS TO LAURA IN LIFE: 113, by PETRARCH Poet's Biography First Line: Set me whereas the sun doth parch the green Last Line: Comfort myself when that my hap be naught. Alternate Author Name(s): Petrarca, Francesco Variant Title(s): Vow To Love Faithfully, Howsoever He Be Rewarded;love's Fidelity | ||||||||
Set me whereas the sun doth parch the green, Or where his beams do not dissolve the ice; In temperate heat where he is felt and seen; With proud people, in presence sad and wise; Set me in base or yet in high degree, In the long night or in the shortest day, In clear weather or where mists thickest be, In lusty youth or when my hairs be gray. Set me in earth, in heaven, or yet in hell; In hill, or dale, or in the foaming flood; Thrall or at large, alive whereso I dwell, Sick or in health, in ill fame or in good: Yours will I be, and with that only thought Comfort myself when that my hap be naught. | 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 ELEGIAC SONNET: 16 by PETRARCH |
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