Sonnet: All My Thoughts Poem by Dante Alighieri

Sonnet: All My Thoughts

Rating: 3.5


All my thoughts always speak to me of love,
Yet have between themselves such difference
That while one bids me bow with mind and sense,
A second saith, 'Go to: look thou above';
The third one, hoping, yields me joy enough;
And with the last come tears, I scarce know whence:
All of them craving pity in sore suspense,
Trembling with fears that the heart knoweth of.
And thus, being all unsure which path to take,
Wishing to speak I know not what to say,
And lose myself in amorous wanderings:
Until (my peace with all of them to make),
Unto mine enemy I needs must pray,
My lady Pity, for the help she brings.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Susan Williams 09 January 2016

Love does make us temporarily unbalanced, doesn't it?

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Lois Di Teodoro 13 July 2013

Beautifully written! . Absolutely a gem! WTG Dante. ;)

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Ramesh T A 08 May 2020

In this nicely woven sonnet, Poet makes love a wonder emotionally, intellectually and poetically sure! Thanks for sharing it here!

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Dominic Windram 08 May 2020

Profound poem about the complexities of love.

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Mahtab Bangalee 08 May 2020

thought dominates the sense of love but observation overlooks it hope weaves a pavement for a goal untimely demise cries there of mistake

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Pranab K Chakraborty 08 May 2021

'All of them craving pity in sore suspense, Trembling with fears that the heart knoweth of. And thus, '... feel a beauty which lapses the moments!

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Pranab K Chakraborty 08 May 2021

'All of them craving pity in sore suspense, Trembling with fears that the heart knoweth of. And thus,

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Sylvia Frances Chan 08 May 2021

I wish to translate this CLASSIC POEM OF TH by the great DANTE

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Sylvia Frances Chan 08 May 2021

I have enjoyed very much this Sonnet All My Thoughts. Very impressive!

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Sylvia Frances Chan 08 May 2021

Dante's Sonnet All My Thoughts in 14 lines a very impressive Sonnet, in the end he wrote about that Lady Pity for the help she brings.

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