Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AT FLORENCE (1), by MICHELANGELO BUONARROTI


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First Line: Rapt above earth by power of one fair face
Last Line: That through the realms of glory shines for aye.
Alternate Author Name(s): Michel Angelo
Subject(s): Florence, Italy


RAPT above earth by power of one fair face,
Hers in whose sway alone my heart delights,
I mingle with the blest on those pure heights
Where Man, yet mortal, rarely finds a place.
With Him who made the Work that Work accords
So well, that by its help and through his grace
I raise my thoughts, inform my deeds and words,
Clasping her beauty in my soul's embrace.
Thus, if from two fair eyes mine cannot turn,
I feel how in their presence doth abide
Light which to God is both the way and guide;
And, kindling at their lustre, if I burn,
My noble fire emits the joyful ray
That through the realms of glory shines for aye.





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