All your renown is like the summer flower that blooms and dies; because the sunny glow which brings it forth, soon slays with parching power.
Che viene e va; e quei la discolora
Per cui ell' esce della terra acerba.
Original text (Italian)
Original text (Italian)
Love hath so long possessed me for his own
And made his lordship so familiar.
She is the sum of nature's universe.
To her perfection all of beauty tends.
The truth thy speech doth show, within my heart reproves the swelling pride.
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