English poem
To Giorgio Vasari. Vanity Of Vanities.
by Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475–1564)
Le favole del mondo. The fables of the world have filched away The time I had for thinking upon God; His grace lies buried 'neath oblivion's sod, Whence springs an evil crop of sins alway. What makes another wise, leads me astray, Slow to discern the bad path I have trod: Hope fades; but still desire ascends that God May free me from self-love, my sure decay. Shorten half-way my road to heaven from earth! Dear Lord, I cannot even half-way rise, Unless Thou help me on this pilgrimage. Teach me to hate the world so little worth, And all the lovely things I clasp and prize; That endless life, ere death, may be my wage.
More by Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni
- The Transfiguration Of Beauty: A Dialogue With Love.
- To Gandolfo Porrino. On His Mistress Faustina Mancina.
- To Giorgio Vasari. On The Brink Of Death.
- To Giorgio Vasari. On The Lives Of The Painters.
- To Giovanni Da Pistoja. On The Painting Of The Sistine Chapel.
- To Luigi Del Riccio, After The Death Of Cecchino Bracci.
- To Luigi Del Riccio.
- To Monsignor Lodovico Beccadelli. Urbino.