Classic and Contemporary Poetry

TO HIS MISTRESS IN ABSENCE, by TORQUATO TASSO Poet's Biography
First Line: Far from thy dearest self, the scope
Last Line: That I may live because I hope no more!
Subject(s): Absence; Separation; Isolation

FAR from thy dearest self, the scope
Of all my aims,
I waste in secret flames;
And only live because I hope.
Oh, when will Fate restore
The joys, in whose bright fire
My expectation shall expire,
That I may live because I hope no more!