Samuel Waddington, comp. The Sonnets of Europe. 1888.
Love and LapoGuido Cavalcanti (12551300)
Translated by Warburton Pike
I
You much), see Love with Lapo near,
Take heed, and then if Love you hear
Call Lapo lover, write and say;—
And tell me, if his lady’s sway
Seem kind, and he in guise appear
Of gallant, since such folk, I fear,
When tired of work, at loving play!
You know, when in his court Love reigns
No one can serve, but he who’s true,
A lady who is wandering there;—
And if his patience favour gains,
The marks of that are known to you,
Your style, and mine, the emblems bear.