Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MADRIGAL: 109, by MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI Poet's Biography First Line: Ravished by all that to the eyes is fair Last Line: But beauty and the starlight of her eyes. Alternate Author Name(s): Michel Angelo Variant Title(s): Poem 3 Subject(s): Beauty; Italian Renaissance | ||||||||
Ravished by all that to the eyes is fair, Yet hungry for the joys that truly bless, My soul can find no stair To mount to heaven, save earth's loveliness. For from the stars above Descends a glorious light That lifts our longing to their highest height And bears the name of love. Nor is there aught can move A gentle heart, or purge or make it wise, But beauty and the starlight of her eyes. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET TO GUIDO CAVALCANTI by DANTE ALIGHIERI SONNET OF HIS LADY IN HEAVEN by JACOPO DA LENTINO SONNET: DANTE (1) by MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI TO GIOVANNI DA PISTOIA ON THE PAINTING OF THE SISTINE CHAPEL, 1509 by MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI OF CAUTION by FRANCESCO DA BARBERINI FRANCESCA DA RIMINI by GEORGE HENRY BOKER A SURVEY OF THE AMPHITHEATRE by MOSES BROWNE THE PHILOSOPHIC FLIGHT by GIORDANO BRUNO LOVE'S JUSTIFICATION by MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI |
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