Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS TO LAURA IN DEATH: PETRARCH ON LAURA'S DEATH, by PETRARCH Poet's Biography First Line: Hold, treacherous thoughts, that dare my rule despise Last Line: Thou art the cause of my unhappiness. Alternate Author Name(s): Petrarca, Francesco Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | ||||||||
HOLD, treacherous thoughts, that dare my rule despise, Is't not enough 'gainst me in war are join'd Love, Fortune, and grim Death, but I must find Within me such domestic enemies? And thou, my heart, that dost my peace oppose, Disloyal thou wilt give my soul no rest, But harb'ring still these thoughts within my breast, Keep'st correspondence with my deadly foes; To thee Love all his messages conveys, Fortune my now departed pomp displays, Death in my mind does all my griefs express; That my remains fall by necessity, My thoughts with errors arm themselves in thee: Thou art the cause of my unhappiness. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND SONNETS TO LAURA IN LIFE: 109 by PETRARCH |
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