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SONNETS TO LAURA IN DEATH: GOING TO VISIT, REMEMBERS SHE IS DEAD, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Oh eyes! Our sun's extinct, and at an end
Last Line: And, when life's done, crowns with eternal joy.
Alternate Author Name(s): Petrarca, Francesco
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The


OH eyes! Our Sun's extinct, and at an end,
Or rather glorified in Heav'n does shine;
There shall we see her, there does she attend,
And at our long delay perchance repine.

Alas, my ears, the voice you lov'd to hear,
Is now rais'd up to the coelestial choir;
And you, my feet, she's gone that us'd to steer
Your course, where you till death can ne'er aspire.

Cannot my soul nor body yet be free?
'Twas not my fault, you this occasion lost;
That seeing, hearing, finding her y' are crost:
Blame Death, or rather blest be ever He,

Who binds and looses, makes and can destroy,
And, when Life's done, crowns with Eternal Joy.





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