Great is my envy of you, earth, in your greed Folding her in invisible embrace, Denying me the look of the sweet face Where I found peace from all my strife at need!
ATTRIBUTION:
Petrarch (1304–1374), Italian poet (FRANCESCO PETRARCA). Sonnets to Laura in Death (l. 36–40).
NAWM-1. The Norton Anthology of World Masterpieces. Vol. I. Maynard Mack, general ed. (5th ed., 1985) W. W. Norton.
