Sonnet: I Muse Over Poem by Dante Alighieri

Sonnet: I Muse Over

Rating: 3.5


At whiles (yea oftentimes) I muse over
The quality of anguish that is mine
Through Love: then pity makes my voice to pine
Saying, 'Is any else thus, anywhere?'
Love smileth me, whose strength is ill to bear;
So that of all my life is left no sigh
Except one thought; and that, because 'tis thine,
Leaves not the body but abideth there.
And then if I, whom other aid forsook,
Would aid myself, and innocent of art
Would fain have sight of thee as a last hope,
No sooner do I lift mine eyes to look
Than the blood seems as shaken from my heart,
And all my pulses beat at once and stop.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Ratnakar Mandlik 09 January 2016

Awesome and amazing imagery. Enjoyed the poem. Thanks for sharing on PH.10+ points.

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Bernard F. Asuncion 02 November 2018

Such a great poem by Dante Alighieri..................

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Adrian Flett 02 November 2018

A great declaration of love as the poet hopes for a sight of his love, and when he does, 'blood seems as shaken from my heart'.

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Edward Kofi Louis 02 November 2018

I lift mine eyes to look! I lift my eyes to look! ! To see the things around. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.

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Ramesh T A 02 November 2019

The power of love is impossible to surmount in life sure! That truth the Poet nicely depicts in this beautiful Sonnet!

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Mahtab Bangalee 02 November 2019

all my life is left no sigh Except one thought; and that, because 'tis thine, Leaves not the body but abideth there..../// greatly written

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Chinedu Dike 02 November 2019

A beautiful love poem well articulated and nicely brought forth with clarity of thought and mind.

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Kumarmani Mahakul 02 November 2019

The power of the love is well executed in this poem. It is really a beautiful poem by Dante Alighieri.

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Aniruddha Pathak 02 November 2019

Than the blood seems as shaken from my heart, And all my pulses beat at once and stop.... One theme, love and anguish, and one thought all thru the sonnet. Lovely

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Kingsley Egbukole 02 November 2019

The pains of love. Thanks for sharing

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