I feel how in their presence doth abide 10
Light which to God is both the way and guide;
And, kindling at their lustre, if I burn,
My noble fire emits the joyful ray
That through the realms of glory shines for aye.
[156] The second of the two sonnets translated by Wordsworth is No. lxxiii. in Signor Cesare Guastî’s edition of Michael Angelo (1863).
At the Foot of the Cross.
Scaro d’un’ importuna.
It was evidently written in old age. The following is Mr. John Addington Symond’s translation of the same sonnet.
Freed from a burden sore and grievous band,