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OF PETRARCH.
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Of waters, brooks, of birds and fowls,
That gave a clamorous sound:
That gave a clamorous sound:
Whose banks were all embroidered
With flowers of variant hue,
Some red, some green, and some again
Red, yellow, and some blue.
With flowers of variant hue,
Some red, some green, and some again
Red, yellow, and some blue.
And there besides, clear rivers from
So lively fountains ran,
Where then upon the cold fresh herbs
The sun to shine began.
So lively fountains ran,
Where then upon the cold fresh herbs
The sun to shine began.
There also was a shadow thick
Of trees both high and fair,
Out of the which there did come out
A sweet and breathing air.
Of trees both high and fair,
Out of the which there did come out
A sweet and breathing air.
And after, when the winter tide
Does make the season cold,
Yet there the sun so does his flames
Most temperately unfold;
Does make the season cold,
Yet there the sun so does his flames
Most temperately unfold;
And so does make the place and ground,
And meats, almost lew-warm,
That there an idleness all slow,
Does simple hearts encharm.—
And meats, almost lew-warm,
That there an idleness all slow,
Does simple hearts encharm.—
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