Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, O BLESSED SOUL AND SWEET, by ACTIUS SINCERUS SANNAZARIUS


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O BLESSED SOUL AND SWEET, by                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Burdening with tender sweets, while stirred and stilled
Alternate Author Name(s): Sannazaro, Jacopo; Sincerus
Subject(s): Heaven


O blessed soul and sweet,
From mortal bonds set free,
Naked unto th' eternal choirs didst rise,
And there thy star didst meet
And joinest in her glee ;
Mocking our cares, now showest in the skies
A bright sun to our eyes
Among the purest loves ;
And 'neath thee canst behold
The wandering stars unfold,
And by clear springs, in sacred myrtle groves,
Heaven's flocks agrazing, whence
Scornfully thou dost cast earth's troubles hence.

Now other hills and plains,
And other streams and groves,
And fresher flowers thou seest in the sky ;
Down peaceful summer lanes
Moved by more passionate loves.
By other Fauns pursued the Nymphs flit by ;
Where shadows sofdy lie
And fragrance is distilled,
Daphne and Meliboeus nigh,
Androgeus sings, the sky
Burdening with tender sweets, while stirred and stilled






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