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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH: THE TRIUMPHS OF LOVE, CHASTITY, DEATH. TO READER, by PETRARCH Poet's Biography First Line: Reader, I have oft been told, / verses that speak not love are cold Last Line: Who had enough to serve all three. Alternate Author Name(s): Petrarca, Francesco | |||
Reader, I have oft been told, Verse that speak not Love are cold. I would gladly please thine ear, But am loth to buy 't too dear. And 'tis easier far to borrow Lovers' tears than feel their sorrow. Therefore he hath furnisht me Who had enough to serve all three. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNETS TO LAURA IN LIFE: 109 by PETRARCH SONNETS TO LAURA IN LIFE: 131 by PETRARCH SONNETS TO LAURA IN LIFE: 156 by PETRARCH CLEAR, COOL STREAMS THAT SOFTLY FLOW by PETRARCH FROM THOUGHT TO THOUGHT, FROM HILL TO HILL by PETRARCH I CANNOT BE AT PEACE YET NEED NOT FIGHT by PETRARCH I DO REPENT ME OF DEPARTED DAYS by PETRARCH IN WHAT CELESTIAL SPHERE, BY WHOM INSPIRED by PETRARCH MINE OLD DEAR ENEMY, MY FROWARD MASTER by PETRARCH MY THOUGHTS GO FORTH TO THE ABIDING PLACE by PETRARCH |
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