“I am she who gave you so much war and completed my day before evening.”

—  Francesco Petrarca , Il Canzoniere

I' so' colei che ti die' tanta guerra,
et compie' mia giornata inanzi sera.
Canzone 302, st. 2
Il Canzoniere (c. 1351–1353), To Laura in Death

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I' so' colei che ti die' tanta guerra, et compie' mia giornata inanzi sera.

Il Canzoniere (c. 1351–1353), To Laura in Death

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