Petrarch

Petrarch

Canzoniere — Poem XXI (14th century)

Summary

Portrait of Petrarch Petrarch,  Canzoniere — Poem XXI (14th century)

“ A thousand times, sweet warrior, to obtain
Peace with those beauteous eyes I've vainly tried,
Proffering my heart; but with that lofty pride
To bend your looks so lowly you refrain:
Expects a stranger fair that heart to gain,
In frail, fallacious hopes will she confide:
It never more to me can be allied
”
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