Bøker av Francesco Petrarca

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Attonito michi quidem et sepissime cogitanti qualiter in hanc vitam intrassem, qualiter ve forem egressurus, contigit nuper ut non, sicut egros animos solet, somnus opprimeret, sed anxium atque pervigilem mulier quedam inenarrabilis etatis et luminis, formaque non satis ab hominibus intellecta, incertum quibus viis adiisse videretur. Virginem tamen et habitus nuntiabat et facies. Hec igitur me stupentem insuete lucis aspectum et adversus radios, quos oculorum suorum sol fundebat, non audentem oculos attollere, sic alloquitur: - Noli trepidare, neu te species nova perturbet. Errores tuos miserata, de longinquo tempestivum tibi auxilium latura descendi. Satis superque satis hactenus terram ...

Al tempo che rinnova i miei sospiri per la dolce memoria di quel giorno che fu principio a sì lunghi martiri, già il sole al Toro l'uno e l'altro corno scaldava, e la fanciulla di Titone correa gelata al suo usato soggiorno. Amor, gli sdegni, e 'l pianto, e la stagione ricondotto m'aveano al chiuso loco ov'ogni fascio il cor lasso ripone. Ivi fra l'erbe, già del pianger fioco, vinto dal sonno, vidi una gran luce, e dentro, assai dolor con breve gioco, vidi un vittorïoso e sommo duce pur com'un di color che 'n Campidoglio triunfal carro a gran gloria conduce. I' che gioir di tal vista non soglio per lo secol noioso in ch'i' mi trovo, voto d'ogni valor, pien d'ogni orgoglio...