TO HIS MISTRESS IN ABSENCE
by: Torquato Tasso (1544-1595)
 AR from thy dearest self, the
scope
- Of all my aims,
- I waste in secret flames;
- And only live because I hope.
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- O when will Fate restore
- The joys, in whose bright fire
- My expectation shall expire,
- That I may live because I hope no more!
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This English translation of "To
His Mistress in Absence" was composed by Thomas Stanley
(1625-1678). |
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