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NOW SILENCE REIGNETH OVER EARTH AND SKY, by                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: So far away doth my salvation lie!
Alternate Author Name(s): Petrarca, Francesco
Subject(s): Grief; Love – Loss Of


Now silence reigneth over earth and sky,
The wind is still and bird and beast do sleep,
Night in her starry chariot whirleth by,
The slumb'rous sea is laid in cradle deep;
I think, I see, love, weep ; my grief who willed
Is ever with me to my tender pain;
I am at strife, with spite and anguish filled.
My thoughts in her alone find peace again.
From one sole clear and living fountain flows
The sweet and bitter draughts that nourish me;
No hand save hers to heal and hurt me knows;
My ship of passion tarrieth out at sea;
A thousand times a day I live and die,
So far away doth my salvation lie!





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