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The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch SONNET XXXIIIQuando dal proprio sito si rimove.WHEN LAURA DEPARTS, THE HEAVENS GROW DARK WITH STORMS.
When from its proper soil the tree is moved
Which Phœbus loved erewhile in human form,Grim Vulcan at his labour sighs and sweats,Renewing ever the dread bolts of Jove,Who thunders now, now speaks in snow and rain,Nor Julius honoureth than Janus more:Earth moans, and far from us the sun retiresSince his dear mistress here no more is seen.Then Mars and Saturn, cruel stars, resumeTheir hostile rage: Orion arm'd with cloudsThe helm and sails of storm-tost seamen breaks.To Neptune and to Juno and to usVext Æolus proves his power, and makes us feelHow parts the fair face angels long expect.
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