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... sonnets might serve well for an artist to represent Petrarch and Laura at the moment that he is taking leave of her for a long time . Her countenance is obscured by her usual veil , and modesty and elevation of mind , tenderness ...
... sonnets might serve well for an artist to represent Petrarch and Laura at the moment that he is taking leave of her for a long time . Her countenance is obscured by her usual veil , and modesty and elevation of mind , tenderness ...
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Ugo Foscolo. offers the same apology to the world , in the first sonnet of his collection * , which he re- solved to prepare in his old age , rejecting those pieces which were apocryphal , and those which he considered unworthy of him ...
Ugo Foscolo. offers the same apology to the world , in the first sonnet of his collection * , which he re- solved to prepare in his old age , rejecting those pieces which were apocryphal , and those which he considered unworthy of him ...
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... sonnets- " I began this by the impulse of the Lord ( Domino jubente ) , 10th September , at the dawn of day , after my morning prayers . " " I must make these two verses over again , singing them ( cantando ) , and I must transpose them ...
... sonnets- " I began this by the impulse of the Lord ( Domino jubente ) , 10th September , at the dawn of day , after my morning prayers . " " I must make these two verses over again , singing them ( cantando ) , and I must transpose them ...
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... sonnet of the first part of his collection was written eleven years after his acquaintance with Laura : Or volge Signor mio , l ' undecim ' anno Ch'io fui sommesso al dispietato giogo-- Four years after this last epoch he wrote the 85th ...
... sonnet of the first part of his collection was written eleven years after his acquaintance with Laura : Or volge Signor mio , l ' undecim ' anno Ch'io fui sommesso al dispietato giogo-- Four years after this last epoch he wrote the 85th ...
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... sonnet , in which Petrarch , if he did not borrow the thoughts , imitated the amo- rous lamentations , of the French Troubadours , may give a not imperfect idea of their love- poetry . It is a mosaic of antithesis : their songs and ...
... sonnet , in which Petrarch , if he did not borrow the thoughts , imitated the amo- rous lamentations , of the French Troubadours , may give a not imperfect idea of their love- poetry . It is a mosaic of antithesis : their songs and ...
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Amor ANACREON ancient Arezzo Avignon beauty bella bliss Boccacio bosom breast breath CANZONE CARY'S Transl ch'io charms che'l ciel cielo Cola di Rienzo d'amore Dante death delight dolce dolci donna earth Epist eyes Famil fancy fear feel FRANCESCO PETRARCA friends genius gente grace gran Guido Cavalcanti happy heart heaven honour hope imagination imitation inspired Italian Italy ladies Latin Laura letter live lover lyric poetry mente mind mondo mortal nature never night o'er ogni parlar passion pensier Petr Petrarch pietà pleasure poem poet POETRY OF PETRARCH racters repose Sappho says sempre Senil serene sighs sion smile song SONNET sorrow soul spirit Stefano Colonna sweet tears tempo terra thee thou thought tion TRANSLATION trarch trembling trovo tutto UGO FOSCOLO Vaucluse veggio Venus verses viso vita wearied whilst youth