Petrarch - Sonnet CLXIII lyrics

THE GENTLE BREEZE (L' AURA) RECALLS TO HIM THE TIME WHEN HE FIRST SAW HER The gentle gale, that plays my face around, Murmuring sweet mischief through the verdant grove, To fond remembrance brings the time, when Love First gave his deep, although delightful wound; Gave me to view that beauteous face, ne'er found Veil'd, as disdain or jealousy might move; To view her locks that shone bright gold above, Then loose, but now with pearls and j**els bound: Those locks she sweetly scatter'd to the wind, And then coil'd up again so gracefully, That but to think on it still thrills the sense. These Time has in more sober braids confined; And bound my heart with such a powerful tie, That d**h alone can disengage it thence. Nott. The balmy airs that from yon leafy spray My fever'd brow with playful murmurs greet, Recall to my fond heart the fatal day When Love his first wound dealt, so deep yet sweet, And gave me the fair face—in scorn away Since turn'd, or hid by jealousy—to meet; The locks, which pearls and gems now oft array, Whose shining tints with finest gold compete, So sweetly on the wind were then display'd, Or gather'd in with such a graceful art, Their very thought with pa**ion thrills my mind. Time since has twined them in more sober braid, And with a snare so powerful bound my heart, d**h from its fetters only can unbind. Macgregor.