Excerpt from La Vita Mia: A Sonnet Chain in Links of Life and Thought The noontide glory of the earth and air, Clothing their myriad forms in radiant sheen, Streamed in through every sense till sense had been Cloyed, had desire not roused within her lair; And when we could no higher, we lay there In one linked ring upon the crest of green And feasted as if served by elves unseen, While song and happy laughter stilled our care. But when the fuller fire began to run, We played with flying touch, and danced at ease, And shouted welcome to each wandering breeze; And so we grew together all in one, And difference blended in the winged hours, For Nature's joy and freedom then were ours. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.