YE LOVERS WEEP, FOR LOVE HIMSELF DOTH WEEP

by: Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)

      e lovers weep, for Love himself doth weep,
      When you shall hear the cause whence flow his tears;
      Love feels the piteous claim of ladies' moan,
      Whose eyes declare the bitterness of grief;
      For the rude hand of Death has done a deed
      Of cruelty upon a gentle heart;
      Destroying all that merits the world's praise
      In gentle lady, save her honoured fame.
      Hear now what honour she received from Love;
      I saw him in his very person mourn
      O'er the dead image of her loveliness;
      And oft he cast a wistful look to heaven,
      Where then the gentle spirit was at rest,
      That lady was of countenance so gay.

"Ye Lovers Weep, for Love Himself Doth Weep" is reprinted from The Lyrical Poems of Dante Alighieri. Translated by Charles Lyell. London: William Smith, 1845.

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