Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BALLATA: 5, by GUIDO CAVALCANTI Poet's Biography First Line: Light do I see within my lady's eyes Last Line: "then shalt thou see her virtue risen in heaven." Subject(s): Italian Renaissance | ||||||||
Light do I see within my Lady's eyes And loving spirits in its plenisphere Which bear in strange delight on my heart's care Till Joy's awakened from that sepulchre. That which befalls me in my Lady's presence Bars explanations intellectual, I seem to see a lady wonderful Spring forth between her lips, one whom no sense Can fully tell the mind of, and one whence Another, in beauty, springeth marvellous, From whom a star goes forth and speaketh thus: "Now thy salvation is gone forth from thee." There where this Lady's loveliness appeareth, Is heard a voice which goes before her ways And seems to sing her name with such sweet praise That my mouth fears to speak what name she beareth. And my heart trembles for the grace she weareth, While far in my soul's deep the sighs astir Speak thus: "Look well! For if thou look on her, Then shalt thou see her virtue risen in heaven." | 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 MADRIGAL: 109 by MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI 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 SONNET: TO DANTE by GUIDO CAVALCANTI BALLATA: 7. HE REVEALS HIS INCREASING LOVE FOR MANDETTA by GUIDO CAVALCANTI |
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