Poem of the Day (April 6)

Subject: RE: Poem of the Day (April 6)
From: Peter T.
Date: 06 Apr 01 - 01:14 PM

Same guy. Proto-Renaissance, late Gothic. That is one of the cheerier ones.

yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Poem of the Day (April 6)
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 06 Apr 01 - 10:06 AM

Petrarch 1304-1374???

So now the sixteenth year is passed,
and I am moving towards my end...

And I thought it was only todays teenagers who were depressive. Is this what you would call early gothic? ;-)

Always look on the bright side of life (M. Python.)

Cheers

Dave the Gnome

Subject: RE: Poem of the Day (April 6)
From: Allan C.
Date: 06 Apr 01 - 09:14 AM

"And if I'm spared for one year more, and if God should grant me grace..."

Subject: Poem of the Day (April 6)
From: Peter T.
Date: 06 Apr 01 - 08:58 AM

Petrarch, 118:

So now the sixteenth year is passed,
and I am moving towards my end, and yet
it seems to me that I have only begun
Suffering.

Oh, the bitter is sweet, and everything lost
is a gain, and my life is hard. I pray
That I live beyond these tough times,
And I am so afraid that death will close her eyes
Before my luck changes, and she at last turns her head
My way.

Here I am, I wish I were somewhere else;
I wish that I wished for more, and wished no more,
and unable to do any more, I do only what I can.

These new tears come from my old desire.
They prove that I haven't changed:
Though I have turned a thousand times, I have not moved An inch.

yours, Peter T.