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Subject: PETRARCH (1304-1374)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A SESTINA, IN IMITAION OF SIG. FRA. PETRARCA, by PHILIP AYRES    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: So many creatures live not in the sea
Last Line: Now cynthia frowns, can ease or pleasure yield.
Subject(s): Petrarch (1304-1374); Francesco Petrarca


A VISION UPON [THIS CONCEIT] OF THE FAERIE QUEENE (1), by WALTER RALEIGH    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Methought I saw the grave, where laura lay
Last Line: And curst th' accesse of that celestiall theife.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ralegh, Walter
Variant Title(s): Of Spenser's Faery Queene;the Faerie Queen (to Spenser);of Edmund Spenser's Fairy Queen, A Vision Upon This Conceit
Subject(s): Petrarch (1304-1374); Poetry & Poets; Spenser, Edmund (1552-1599); Francesco Petrarca


A WISH, by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Of two things one: with chaucer let me ride
Last Line: Ring endless changes on the bells of love.
Alternate Author Name(s): Brown, T. E.
Subject(s): Chaucer, Geoffrey (1342-1400); Petrarch (1304-1374); Wishes; Francesco Petrarca


AFTER PETRARCH, by JOSE-MARIA DE HEREDIA (1842-1905)    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Leaving the church, with gesture tender
Last Line: That from the darkness shot a star's long ray.
Subject(s): Petrarch (1304-1374); Francesco Petrarca


CHRISTMAS SONNET TO J. L. G., by BAYARD TAYLOR    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: If I could touch with petrarch's pen
Last Line: When that which mine ambition wrought is dead!
Alternate Author Name(s): Taylor, James Bayard
Subject(s): Hearts; Love; Petrarch (1304-1374); Francesco Petrarca


HOW DID LAURA TREAT PETRARCH?, by JAMES LAUGHLIN    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The contemporary records are somewhat vague
Last Line: As they set about to choose a life's companion
Subject(s): Petrarch (1304-1374)


ON THE RECENT DEATHS OF HIS FRIEND COLONNA AND HIS LADY LAURA, by LLOYD SCHWARTZ    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Broken. The high column. The green laurel
Subject(s): Petrarch (1304-1374); Death; Francesco Petrarca; Dead, The


ON VISITING PETRARCH'S HOUSE, by ROWLAND EYLES EGERTON-WARBURTON    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Mary! When we to arqua's village came
Last Line: Nor car'd for fame who was in love so blest.
Alternate Author Name(s): Egerton-warburton, R. E.
Subject(s): Love; Love - Unrequited; Petrarch (1304-1374); Poetry & Poets; Francesco Petrarca


PETRARCH'S DREAM, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Rosy as a waking bride
Last Line: Kindled from the tomb.
Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia
Subject(s): Petrarch (1304-1374); Francesco Petrarca


SONNET TO VALCLUSA, by THOMAS RUSSELL (1762-1788)    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: What though valclusa, the fond bard be fled
Last Line: Still petrarch's genius weeps o'er laura's tomb.
Subject(s): Petrarch (1304-1374); Francesco Petrarca


SONNETS OF LAURA: 1. REPROACH, by ELIZABETH COBBOLD    Poem Text                    
First Line: Ah! Little cause has petrarch to complain
Last Line: While night and silence only laura's know.
Alternate Author Name(s): Knipe, Eliza
Variant Title(s): Reproach
Subject(s): Petrarch (1304-1374); Francesco Petrarca


SONNETS OF LAURA: 2. THE VEIL, by ELIZABETH COBBOLD    Poem Text                    
First Line: What weak remonstrance! -- how I joy to find
Last Line: Guard of my pride, my honor, and my fame.
Alternate Author Name(s): Knipe, Eliza
Subject(s): Petrarch (1304-1374); Francesco Petrarca


SONNETS OF LAURA: 3. ABSENCE, by ELIZABETH COBBOLD    Poem Text                    
First Line: What boots it that thy steps to distant shores
Last Line: Vain is thy journey, and its distance vain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Knipe, Eliza
Subject(s): Petrarch (1304-1374); Francesco Petrarca


THE UNKNOWN ONE, by HEINRICH HEINE    Poem Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Every day I have a meeting
Last Line: He himself no further ventured.
Subject(s): Love; Names; Passion; Petrarch (1304-1374); Francesco Petrarca


THE WAYFARER, by JOHN KEATS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Keen, fitful gusts are whisp'ring here and there
Last Line: And faithful petrarch gloriously crown'd.
Variant Title(s): Sonnet;sonnet: Keen Fitful Gusts
Subject(s): Petrarch (1304-1374); Francesco Petrarca


THE WESTERN INVENTION OF LYRICAL NATURE, by GREGORY ORR    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: And there's petrarch, our first
Last Line: Biting his lip, he tastes the sea.
Subject(s): Petrarch (1304-1374); Francesco Petrarca


TO DELIA: 15, by SAMUEL DANIEL    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: If that a loyal heart and faith unfeigned
Last Line: The fault is hers, though mine the hurt must be.
Subject(s): Love; Petrarch (1304-1374); Francesco Petrarca


WITH PETRARCA'S SONNETS, by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Behold what homage to his idol paid
Last Line: And all had been so, had he lived for you.
Subject(s): Petrarch (1304-1374); Francesco Petrarca


WRITTEN IN PETRARCH'S HOUSE AT ARQUA, AMONG EUGANEAN HILLS, by RICHARD MONCKTON MILNES    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Petrarch! I would that there might be
Last Line: That sign of thy captivity?
Alternate Author Name(s): Houghton, 1st Baron; Houghton, Lord
Subject(s): Argua, Italy; Petrarch (1304-1374); Francesco Petrarca


YOU ALSO, NIGHTINGALE, by REGINALD SHEPHERD    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Petrarch dreams of pebbles
Subject(s): Petrarch (1304-1374); Homecoming; Nature; Francesco Petrarca