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Front Page  Titles (by Subject) Il dì che costei nacque, eran le stelle - Some Love Songs
Il dì che costei nacque, eran le stelle - Francesco Petrarch, Some Love Songs [1915]Edition used:Some Love Songs of Petrarch, translated and annotated with a Biographical Introduction by William Dudley Foulke (Oxford University Press, 1915).
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- Ode to Petrarch
- Introduction and Biography
- Love Songs of Petrarch
- Era Il Giorno Ch’al Sol Si Scoloraro
- Ballad I: Lassare Il Velo O Per Sole O Per Ombra
- Orso, E’ Non Furon Mai Fiumi Nè Stagni
- Mille Fiate, O Dolce Mia Guerrera
- Non Al Suo Amante Più Dïana Piacque
- Nova Angeletta Sovra L’ale Accorta
- Or Vedi, Amor, Che Giovenetta Donna
- Il Mio Adversario, In Cui Veder Solete
- Due Rose Fresche E Còlte In Paradiso
- In Mezzo Di Duo Amanti, Onesta, Altera
- Quando Fra L’altre Donne Ad Ora Ad Ora
- Sestine I: A Qualunque Animale Alberga In Terra
- E Perchè Un Poco Nel Parlar Mi Sfogo
- Già Fiammeggiava L’amorosa Stella
- Gentil Mia Donna, I’ Veggio
- La Donna Che ’l Mio Cor Nel Viso Porta
- L’aspetto Sacro De La Terra Vostra
- Padre Del Ciel; Dopo I Perduti Giorni
- La Bella Donna Che Cotanto Amavi
- Poi Che Voi Et Io Più Volte Abbiam Provato
- Io Son Sì Stanco Sotto Il Fascio Antico
- Passa La Nave Mia Colma D’oblio
- Per Ch’ Al Viso D’amor Portava Insegna
- Fuggendo La Pregionc Ove Amor M’ebbe
- Quando Giunse a Simon L’alto Concetto
- Volgendo Gli Occhi Al Mio Novo Colore
- Quel Vago Impallidir, Che ’l Dolce Riso
- Per Mezz’ I Boschi Inospiti E Selvaggi
- Di Pensier In Pensier, Di Monte In Monte
- Ovunque Gli Occhi Volgo
- Chiare, Fresche E Dolci Acque
- Pommi Ove ’l Sole Occide I Fiori E L’erba
- I’ Vidi In Terra Angelici Costumi
- In Qual Parte Del Ciel, In Quale Idea
- Amor Et Io Sì Pien’ Di Meraviglia
- Stiamo, Amor, a Veder La Gloria Nostra
- In Nobil Sangue Vita Umile E Queta
- Quanto Più M’avicino Al Giorno Extremo
- Pace Non Trovo, E Non Ho Da Far Guerra
- Erano I Capei D’oro a L’aura Sparsi
- Beato In Sogno, E Di Languir Contento
- Qual Paura Ho Quando Mi Torna a Mente
- Solea Lontana In Sonno Consolarme
- Oimè Il Bel Viso, Oimè Il Soave Sguardo
- Quanta Invidia Io Ti Porto, Avara Terra
- Occhi Miei, Oscurato è ’l Nostro Sole
- Rotta è L’alta Colonna E ’l Verde Lauro
- Zefiro Torna, E ’l Bel Tempo Rimena
- Nè Per Sereno Ciel Ir Vaghe Stelle
- Sento L’aura Mia Antica, E I Dolci Colli
- Tutta La Mia Fiorita E Verde Etade
- Amor, Se Vuo’ Ch’ I’ Torni Al Giogo Antico
- S’ Io Avesse Pensato Che Sì Care
- Solea Da La Fontana Di Mia Vita
- Il Dì Che Costei Nacque, Eran Le Stelle
- Quel Rosigniuol, Che Sì Soave Piagne
- Vago Augelletto Che Cantando Vai
- Ite, Rime Dolenti, Al Duro Sasso
- Ripensando a Quel Ch’ Oggi Il Cielo Onora
- Dolce Mio Caro E Precïoso Pegno
- Deh Qual Pietà, Qual Angel Fu Sì Presto
- Levommi Il Mio Penser In Parte Ov’ Era
- Li Angeli Eletti, E L’anime Beate
- I’ Vo Piangendo I Miei Passati Tempi
- Vergine Bella, Che Di Sol Vestita
- Voi Ch’ Ascoltate In Rime Sparse Il Suono
- Appendix I Laura
- Appendix Ii ‘epistle to Posterity’ 1
- Appendix Iii Catalogue of Petrarch’s Works
- Index of First Lines
Il dì che costei nacque, eran le stelle
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- The day that she was born, those stars did shine
- In high and chosen places
- That most do shed on earth their favouring graces.
- Each to the other did with love incline;
- Venus and Jove with countenance benign
- Did hold the lordliest state, serene and high;
- While every orb malign
- Was chased in shame from out the smiling sky.
- The sun had never opened day so fair;
- Jocund the blooming earth, the sky and air,
- Peace on the waters of the seas and streams!
- Yet while with friendly light the vision teems,
- One distant cloud doth grieve me, dark with care,
- The which may melt, I fear, in tears of woe,
- Unless the heavenly powers some pity show.
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- When to this nether world her spirit flew
- (Which for such gentle soul was all unmeet)
- ’Twas a strange thing and new
- To see a child so saintly and so sweet.
- She seemed a white pearl in a golden nest!
- Now creeping, now with trembling steps and slow,
- Her baby feet did go,
- Till the wood and rock and greensward that they pressed
- Grew soft and fresh and warm,
- And the field bloomed beneath her innocent eyes,
- And balmy grew the skies,
- And calm the wind and storm,
- While she with lips just weaned went prattling on!
- Thus to a world as blind and deaf as stone
- The light and glory of the heavens were shown.
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- When she in years and virtue grew apace,
- And reached the age of adolescence green,
- I do believe such glory and such grace
- The sun had never seen!
- Her eyes with modesty and joy were filled,
- Her speech with health and happiness did glow,
- Till every other tongue would soon be stilled
- If it should seek to tell what thou dost know!
- Her countenance did shine with heavenly light,
- And with its dazzling beauty blind your sight,
- And from her earthly tenement a fire
- Did come to fill thy heart with such desire
- That none did ever burn with flame so bright!
- But when her sudden parting I did see,
- Methought it must bring bitter days to thee.
- cccxxv
Petrarch’s grief is expressed with great tenderness and grace in a sonnet to a nightingale mourning its mate, and in another to a little feathered wanderer in the dark days of winter.
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