Poems and translations
J. M. (John Millington) Synge and Francesco Petrarca
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1. Front matter2. PREFACE3. QUEENS4. IN KERRY5. A WISH6. THE ’MERGENCY MAN7. DANNY8. PATCH-SHANEEN9. ON AN ISLAND10. BEG-INNISH11. EPITAPH12. THE PASSING OF THE SHEE13. ON AN ANNIVERSARY14. TO THE OAKS OF GLENCREE15. A QUESTION16. DREAD17. IN GLENCULLEN18. I’VE THIRTY MONTHS19. EPITAPH20. PRELUDE21. IN MAY22. ON A BIRTHDAY23. WINTER24. THE CURSE.25. LAURA BEING DEAD, PETRARCH FINDS TROUBLE IN ALL THE THINGS OF THE EARTH26. HE ASKS HIS HEART TO RAISE ITSELF UP TO GOD27. HE WISHES HE MIGHT DIE AND FOLLOW LAURA28. LAURA IS EVER PRESENT TO HIM29. HE CEASES TO SPEAK OF HER GRACES AND HER VIRTUES WHICH ARE NO MORE30. HE IS JEALOUS OF THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH31. THE FINE TIME OF THE YEAR INCREASES PETRARCH’S SORROW32. HE UNDERSTANDS THE GREAT CRUELTY OF DEATH33. THE SIGHT OF LAURA’S HOUSE REMINDS HIM OF THE GREAT HAPPINESS HE HAS LOST34. HE SENDS HIS RHYMES TO THE TOMB OF LAURA TO PRAY HER TO CALL HIM TO HER35. ONLY HE WHO MOURNS HER AND HEAVEN THAT POSSESSES HER, KNEW HER WHILE SHE LIVED36. LAURA WAITS FOR HIM IN HEAVEN37. VILLON PRAYER OF THE OLD WOMAN, VILLON’S MOTHER38. VILLON AN OLD WOMAN’S LAMENTATIONS39. COLIN MUSSET, AN OLD POET, COMPLAINS TO HIS PATRON40. WALTER VON DER VOGELWEIDE41. LEOPARDI SILVIA