English poem
A Prayer To Nature. Amor Redivivus. - First Reading
by Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475–1564)
Perch' tuo gran bellezze. That thy great beauty on our earth may be Shrined in a lady softer and more kind, I call on nature to collect and bind All those delights the slow years steal from thee, And save them to restore the radiancy Of thy bright face in some fair form designed By heaven; and may Love ever bear in mind To mould her heart of grace and courtesy. I call on nature too to keep my sighs, My scattered tears to take and recombine, And give to him who loves that fair again: More happy he perchance shall move those eyes To mercy by the griefs wherewith I pine, Nor lose the kindness that from me is ta'en!
More by Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
- A Prayer For Grace In Death. First Reading.
- A Prayer For Grace In Death. Second Reading.
- A Prayer For Purification.
- A Prayer For Strength.
- A Prayer To Nature. Amor Redivivus. - Second Reading.
- After The Death Of Vittoria Colonna. A Wasted Brand.
- After The Death Of Vittoria Colonna. After Sunset.
- After The Death Of Vittoria Colonna. Irreparable Loss.