OF PETRARCH.
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She sighing, speaking, yield it forth,
And me to speak required—
And me to speak required—
FAME.
—Than looking to me round about
Upon the growing grass,
I quickly on the other part
Espied a dame to pass;
Upon the growing grass,
I quickly on the other part
Espied a dame to pass;
And nearer me for to arrive,
Who draws men from their grave,
And from their tomb, though being dead,
In longer life does save:
Who draws men from their grave,
And from their tomb, though being dead,
In longer life does save:
And look'd how does the morning star
At break of day appear,
And came from east before the sun
Within her purpled sphere;
At break of day appear,
And came from east before the sun
Within her purpled sphere;
Who willingly does marrow her,
With all his light and flame:
So in such sort, and all alike,
Approached then the dame.
With all his light and flame:
So in such sort, and all alike,
Approached then the dame.
The extracts from The Triumphs of Petrarch may be concluded by the following passage of The Triumph of Love which alluded to the knights of chivalry:
