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Originally Posted by MrPedantic  Thank you, Coffa!
Some additional thoughts:
I would myself tentatively suggest "with a cargo of forgetfulness" for "charged with forgetfulness"; the speaker is forgetful of everything except the woman in question. The "enemy" is perhaps Eros. The "stars" I would take for the woman's eyes; and "Reason" as the helmsman, who has seemingly gone overboard. I would probably take the bad weather generally as an expression of the woman's displeasure.
All the best,
MrP |
You're right, of course. I did a literal translation, not realising that the whole poem is a metaphor for a passionate relationship.