| Italian Sonnets |
Fra Guittone d’Arezzo.
c. 1235–1294. | Love’s Bondman |
Guido Guinicelli.
c. 1230–1276? | Of His Lady |
| To Dante |
| Love and Lapo |
| Whatso Is Fair |
Bonaggiunta Urbisani.
c. 1220–1290. | Wounded of Love |
Dante Alighieri.
1265–1321. | To Guido Cavalcanti |
| To Brunetto Latini |
| On the 9th June 1290 |
| Love’s Messenger |
| Beauty and Duty |
| “Riding some days agone in piteous mood” |
| “Love hath his throne within my lady’s eyes” |
| “Art thou the man, who hast so often sung” |
| “So gentle seems my lady and so pure” |
| “That which opposes in my mind doth die” |
| “Love is but one thing with the gentle heart” |
| “To every heart that feels the gentle flame” |
| “Ah, pilgrims! ye that, haply musing, go” |
| “Beyond the sphere that hath the widest gyre” |
Cino da Pistoia.
1270–1336? | Why Sighest Thou? |
Folgóre da San Gemignano.
c. 1270–c. 1332. | On Knighthood (I.) |
| On Knighthood (II.) |
Francesco Petrarca.
1304–1374. | Love’s Fidelity |
| Love’s Inconsistency |
| She Ruled in Beauty |
| Doth Any Maiden Seek |
| Those Eyes, ’neath Which |
| Dreams Bore My Fancy |
| Oft by My Faithful Mirror |
| Gentle Severity |
| The Buried Heart |
| Love’s Pilgrimage |
| Visions of Laura |
| A Stolen Glove |
| Two Roses |
| The Heart on the Hill |
| Signs of Love |
| Quitting Vaucluse |
| On the Projected Crusade, 1333 |
| Lonely and Pensive |
Giovanni Boccaccio.
1313–1375. | On Dante Alighieri |
Lorenzo de’ Medici.
1449–1492. | Violets |
| Seek He Who Will |
| In Tears |
Leonardo da Vinci.
1452–1519. | Of Will, Power, and Duty |
Jacopo Sannazzaro.
1458–1530. | Mors et Vita |
Michelangelo.
1475–1564. | The Transfiguration of Beauty |
| Thanks for a Gift |
| The Garland and the Girdle |
| The Doom of Beauty |
| Celestial Love |
| Love, the Light-Giver |
| Love’s Entreaty |
| On the Brink of Death |
| A Prayer for Purification |
| Love’s Justification |
| To the Supreme Being |
Lodovico Ariosto.
1474–1533. | In Will’s Despite |
Pietro Bembo.
1470–1547. | “Ye Haunts Recluse” |
| The Dream |
Vittoria Colonna.
1490–1547. | The Massacre of the Innocents |
| “Ye are the Branches” |
| Francesco Coppetta. | In Dreamland |
Claudio Tolomei.
1492–1556. | The Evening Star |
Bernardo Tasso.
1493–1569. | The Fountain |
Giovanni della Casa.
1503–1556. | To Sleep |
Erasmo di Valvasone.
1523–1593. | “Mormoranti Famosi” |
Torquato Tasso.
1544–1595. | To Ferrante |
| Love |
| Love Unloved |
| To a Mature Beauty |
| Oft Have We Heard |
Giambattista Marino.
1569–1625. | Lux Umbra Dei |
| In Memoriam |
Gabriello Chiabrera.
1552–1638. | The Italian People |
Giordano Bruno.
1548–1600. | The Philosophic Flight |
Tommaso Campanella.
1568–1639. | The World’s a Stage |
| The Human Comedy |
| The People |
| To Ridolfo di Bina |
| The Book of Nature |
| The Modern Cupid |
| The True Kings |
| The Resurrection |
Salvator Rosa.
1615–1673. | “Therefore, because Salvator is my name” |
| Petrocchi. | I Call on Time |
| Giulio Bussi. | Of Glory |
| Lodovico Paterno. | Ye Airs! Sweet Airs |
Francesco Redi.
1626–1697. | The Garden of Earthly Love |
| The Creation of My Lady |
| Grief |
| Love, the Musician |
| The End of Earthly Love |
Vincenzo da Filicaja.
1642–1707. | Of Providence |
| Where, Italy, ’s Thine Arm? |
| Buried Cities |
| No, Not to Thee |
| To Italy |
Giovanni Crescimbeni.
1663–1728. | I Ask the Sky |
Giovanni Cotta.
1668–1738. | Love’s Canticle |
Gaetana Passerini.
1654–1714. | Genova Mia |
Giambattista Felice Zappi.
1667–1719. | As toward the Ascrean Mount |
| The Statue of Moses |
Pietro Metastasio.
1698–1782. | O Fair Unsullied Rose |
Faustina Maratti.
c. 1679–1745. | The Rival |
Clemente Bondi.
1742–1821. | A Husband’s Homily |
Giovanni Battista Casti.
1724–1803. | The Debt of the “Giuli Tre” (I.) |
| The Debt of the “Giuli Tre” (II.) |
| Pastorini. | To Genoa |
| Vittorelli. | On a Nun |
Saverio Bettinelli.
1718–1808. | Venice |
Gabriele Rossetti.
1783–1854. | Status Quo |
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| French Sonnets |
Mellin de Saint-Gelais.
c. 1491–1558. | The Sonnet of the Mountain |
Pierre de Ronsard.
1524–1585. | Voici Le Bois |
| Page, Suy Moy |
| Two Flowers I Love |
| Avant qu’ Amour |
| Roses |
| Of His Lady’s Old Age (I.) |
| Of His Lady’s Old Age (II.) |
| On His Lady’s Waking |
| His Lady’s Death |
| His Lady’s Tomb |
| The Apparition |
| On His Astræa’s Arising |
Joachim du Bellay.
1552–1560. | It Was the Time, When Rest |
| On High Hill’s Top I Saw |
| Happy the Man |
| “Alas! where now doth scorn of fortune hide?” |
| A Sonnet to Heavenly Beauty |
| To His Friend in Elysium |
Jacques Tahureau.
1527–1555. | Shadows of His Lady |
| Moonlight |
Louise Labé.
c. 1520–1566. | Long as I Still |
Éstienne Jodelle.
1532–1573. | The Ivy, Holly, and Green Bay |
Amadis Jamyn.
1538–1592. | A Game at Football |
Philippe Desportes.
1546–1606. | An Invitation |
| The Fugitive |
Théophile de Viau.
1590–1626. | Sleep |
Paul Scarron.
1610–1660. | The Black Doublet |
Molière.
1622–1673. | To Monsieur De la Mothe le Vayer, upon the Death of His Son |
Felix Arvers.
1806–1850. | The Secret (I.) |
| The Secret (II.) |
Albert Glatigny.
1839–1873. | Before the Snow |
| J. Truffier. | The Burial of Molière |
Charles Baudelaire.
1821–1867. | The Day’s End |
| Meditation |
| The Rebel |
Sully Prudhomme.
1839–1907. | The Shadow |
| Profanation |
| The Struggle |
| The Appointment |
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| German Sonnets |
Gottfried August Bürger.
1747–1794. | The Heart without a Home |
Johann Wofgang von Goethe.
1749–1832. | The Maiden Speaks |
| To a Golden Heart, Worn round His Neck |
Christoph August Tiedge.
1752–1841. | In Memoriam (Theodor Körner) (I.) |
| In Memoriam (Theodor Körner) (II.) |
| In Memoriam (Theodor Körner) (III.) |
| In Memoriam (Theodor Körner) (IV.) |
Theodor Körner.
1791–1813. | Rauch’s Bust of Queen Louisa |
Adelbert von Chamisso.
1781–1838. | Last Sonnet |
Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim.
1719–1803. | Cynthia Bathing |
August Graf von Platen-Hallermünde.
1796–1835. | Fair as the Day |
Ludwig Uhland.
1787–1862. | The Death-Angel |
| The Two Maidens |
| The Critic’s Conversion to the Sonnet |
Heinrich Heine.
1797–1856. | Fresco-Sonnets to Christian S——. (I.) |
| Fresco-Sonnets to Christian S——. (II.) |
| To My Mother (I.) |
| To My Mother (II.) |
| Fain Would I Weep |
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| Spanish Sonnets |
| From the Romancero. | Had I a Thousand Souls |
| Tome Burguillos. | To-morrow and To-morrow |
Mateo Vázquez de Leca.
1542?–1591. | To Leander |
Francisco de Figueroa.
c. 1530–1588. | On the Death of Garcilaso de la Vega, Slain in Battle |
Santa Teresa de Ávila.
1515–1582. | ’Tis Not Thy Terrors, Lord |
Francisco de Quevedo.
1580–1645. | Rome |
Juan de Tarsis.
1582–1622. | Thou, Who Hast Fled |
Miguel de Cervantes.
1547–1616. | The Author to His Pen |
| “In the dead silence of the peaceful night” |
| “Believe me, nymph, I feel th’ impending blow” |
| Last Sonnet |
| Lopez Maldonado. | The Brook |
Francisco de Aldana.
1537?–1578. | The Native Land |
| The Image of God |
Lope de Vega.
1562–1562. | To-morrow |
| The Good Shepherd |
| La Vida es Sueno |
| Not Winter Crystal |
| Sonnet on the Sonnet |
Lupercio Leonardo de Argensola.
1559–1613. | Truth and Beauty |
Pedro Calderón de la Barca.
1600–1681. | These Flowers, Whose Pomp |
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| Portuguese Sonnets |
Luís de Camões.
c. 1524–1580. | An Adieu to Tagus |
| On the Death of King Sebastian |
| To a Fillet |
| Sibella |
| If Thou Indifference |
| Corydon and Tityrus |
| The Fisher Ionio Calls on the Waves to Restore to Him His Drowned Love |
| The Shepherdess Nise |
| Audaces Fortuna Juvat |
| On Seeing Catharina de Athaide in Church and Losing His Heart |
| The Death of Donna Catharina de Athaide |
| The Eyes Where Love |
| Beholding Her |
| His Insufficiency of Praise |
| Joaõ Xavier de Matos. | Night-fall |
| Rodriguez Lobo. | Past Joys |
Curvo Semedo.
1766–1838. | It Is a Fearful Night |
Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage.
1765–1805. | On Nelson |
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| Swedish Sonnets |
Gustaf Rosenhane.
1619–1684. | Deep in a Vale |
| And Then I Sat Me down |
Olof Wexionius.
1656–1690. | On the Death of a Pious Lady |
Erik Johan Stagnelius.
1793–1823. | Hope Repulsed |
| Luna |
| Memory |
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| Polish Sonnets |
Adam Mickiewicz.
1798–1855. | The Rock of Aiudah |
| Eastward, the Sun |
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| Modern Greek Sonnets |
| Aristomenês Provilegios. | Ah! Now, at Last |
Alexandros R. Rhangabe.
1810–1892. | Love |
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| Dutch Sonnets |
Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft.
1581–1647. | To Hugo Grotius |
| Friendship |
| Jan van Broekhuizen. | Beyond the Rhine |
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| Latin Sonnet |
| Hugo Hollandius. | To Thomas Farnabie |
