Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNETS TO LAURA IN LIFE: 104, by PETRARCH Poet's Biography First Line: I find no peace and bear no arms for war Last Line: My lady, thus I am because of you. Alternate Author Name(s): Petrarca, Francesco Variant Title(s): "description Of The Contrarious Passions In A Lover;love's Inconsistency;rime 134;sonnet: 17;""i Find No Peace, And All My War Is Done""; | ||||||||
I find no peace and bear no arms for war, I fear, I hope: I burn yet shake with chill; I fly the Heavens, huddle to earth's floor, Embrace the world yet all I grasp is nil. Love will not close nor shut my prison's door Nor claim me his nor leave me to my will; He slays me not yet holds me evermore; Would have me lifeless yet bound to my will. Eyeless I see and tongueless I protest, And long to perish while I succor seek; Myself I hate and would another woo. I feed on grief, I laugh with sob-racked breast, And death and life alike to me are bleak: My lady, thus I am because of you. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNETS TO LAURA IN LIFE: 109 by PETRARCH SONNETS TO LAURA IN LIFE: 131 by PETRARCH SONNETS TO LAURA IN LIFE: 156 by PETRARCH A SONNET ON THE DEATH OF LAURA by PETRARCH A SONNET ON THE DEATH OF LAURA (2) by PETRARCH ELEGIAC SONNET: 13 by PETRARCH ELEGIAC SONNET: 14 by PETRARCH ELEGIAC SONNET: 15 by PETRARCH ELEGIAC SONNET: 16 by PETRARCH |
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