Sonnet LXXXVII

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Petrarch

1875

Sonnet LXXXVII by Petrarch

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Sonnet LXXXVII Annotated

HE IS BEWILDERED AT THE UNEXPECTED ARRIVAL OF LAURA

As Love his arts in haunts familiar tried,
Watchful as one expecting war is found,
Who all foresees and guards the passes round,
I in the armour of old thoughts relied:
Turning, I saw a shadow at my side
Cast by the sun, whose outline on the ground
I knew for hers, who—be my judgment sound—
Deserves in bliss immortal to abide.
I whisper'd to my heart, Nay, wherefore fear?
But scarcely did the thought arise within
Than the bright rays in which I burn were here.
As thunders with the lightning-flash begin,
So was I struck at once both blind and mute,
By her dear dazzling eyes and sweet salute.

Macgregor.

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