I round the threshold wandering here, <br />Vainly the tempest and the rain invoke, <br />That they may keep my lady prisoner. <br /> <br />And yet the wind was howling in the woods, <br />The roving thunder bellowing in the clouds, <br />Before the dawn had risen in the sky. <br /> <br />O ye dear clouds! O heaven! O earth! O trees! <br />My lady goes! Have mercy, if on earth <br />Unhappy lovers ever mercy find! <br /> <br />Awake, ye whirlwinds! storm-charged clouds, awake, <br />O'erwhelm me with your floods, until the sun <br />To other lands brings back the light of day! <br /> <br />Heaven opens; the wind falls; the grass, the leaves <br />Are motionless, around; the dazzling sun <br />In my tear-laden eyes remorseless shines.<br /><br />Count Giacomo Leopardi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/fragment-i/
