| Samuel Waddington, comp. The Sonnets of Europe. 1888. | | | | Love’s Messenger | | By Dante Alighieri (1265–1321) |
| | Translated by Warburton Pike
A TENDER thought comes oft to me, | |
| Of you to whisper, and remain, | |
| And sings of love, so sweet a strain | |
| My heart, entranced, must needs agree. | |
| Says Soul to Heart, Pray, who is he, | 5 |
| That cometh to console our pain, | |
| And so o’erpowering makes his reign, | |
| Scarce other thought in us can be? | |
| The answer this,—Soul, full of thought, | |
| He comes from Love a spriteling new, | 10 |
| Who his desires to me hath brought; | |
| His life and forces all, he drew | |
| From Her, the loving one, who knows, | |
| And sees with pitying eyes, our woes. | | | | |
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