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SONNETS TO LAURA IN LIFE: 188, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: If amorous faith, a heart of guileless ways
Last Line: Yours, lady, is the fault and mine the loss.
Alternate Author Name(s): Petrarca, Francesco
Variant Title(s): Signs Of Love


IF amorous faith, a heart of guileless ways,
Soft languors, courteously controlled desire,
And virtuous will, kindled with noble fire,
And lengthened wanderings in a lightless maze;
If thoughts, which evermore the brow displays,
Or words that faint and brokenly suspire,
Still checked with fear and shame; if hues no higher
Than the pale violet hath, or love displays;
If holding some one than one's self more dear,
If sorrowing and sighing evermore,
If chewing grief, and rage, and many a cross,
If burning far away, and freezing near,
Are signs that Love consumes me to the core,
Yours, lady, is the fault and mine the loss.





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