Chapter 30
section thirty of canzoniere by dante alighiero translated by e h plumtree this librivox recording is in the public domain sonnet twenty one repulsion and attraction d'agli occi de la mia donna from my dear lady's eyes a light doth gleam so clear and noble that where it doth shine things are revealed no artist can define lofty and strange beyond all fancy's dream and from their rays upon my heart doth stream such fear it thrills through all my nerves and brain and i say here i will not turn again but soon my fixed resolves abandon'd seem and there i turn whence cometh my dismay to find some comfort for my timorous eyes which e'ers that might and majesty did own when i arrive ah meh the vision dies and the desire which led them fades away Wherefore let love's care for my estate be shown.
