Petrarch - Sonnet 134 lyrics

I find no peace and bear no arms for war, I fear, I hope; I burn yet shake with chill; I fly the Heavens, huddle to earth's floor, Embrace the world, yet all I grasp is nil. Love opens not nor shuts my prison's door Nor claims me his nor leaves me to my will; He slays me not yet holds me evermore, Would have me lifeless yet bound to my ill. Eyeless I see and tongueless I protest. And long to perish while I succor seek' Myself I hate and would another woo. I feed on grief, I laugh with sob-racked breast And d**h and life alike to me are bleak; My lady, thus I am because of you.