O all my labours scattered uselessly
Gaspara Stampa 1523 (Padua) – 1554 (Venice)
O all my labours scattered uselessly
O, all my useless scattered sighs,
O loyalty, that never, O living fire,
Chilled or burned others so, if I see truly,
O paper marked, to be marked, in vain,
In praise of those loved and ardent eyes,
O those hopes ministering to desires,
That their worthiest prize should claim,
All, all, in a moment, gathered by the breeze,
Since I have heard my impious lord
With my own ears, himself speak free,
Saying when near that he thinks of me,
And yet in leaving, in an instant leaves,
Of all my love, his every memory.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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Scheme | ABXAXBXX XXCCXC |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 546 |
Words | 104 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6 |
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