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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET, by JOACHIM DU BELLAY Poet's Biography First Line: If, then, our life is shorter than a day Last Line: Th' ideal beauty which I now adore. Alternate Author Name(s): Du Bellay, Joachim | |||
IF, then, our life is shorter than a day Lost in all time; if the revolving year Hurries our days past hope to reappear; If all things born must fail and pass away-- What, O my prisoned soul, dost dream of? Say! Why so much love our days of darkness here, If to take flight to an abode more dear, Well-feathered wings you on your shoulders sway? There is the good which every soul desires, There the repose to which the world aspires, And there is love and pleasure evermore. There, O my soul, rapt to the highest skies, You will in actual substance recognize Th' ideal beauty which I now adore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SONNET TO HEAVENLY BEAUTY by JOACHIM DU BELLAY A THRESHER OF WHEAT TO THE WYNDES by JOACHIM DU BELLAY DIDO TO AENEAS by JOACHIM DU BELLAY EPITAPH ON A CAT by JOACHIM DU BELLAY HYMN TO THE WINDS by JOACHIM DU BELLAY OF A WINNOWER OF WHEAT TO THE WINDS by JOACHIM DU BELLAY |
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