“But still I cannot seek paths so harsh or so savage that Love does not always come along discoursing with me and I with him.”

— Francesco Petrarca , Il Canzoniere

Ma pur sí aspre vie né sí selvagge
cercar non so ch'Amor non venga sempre
ragionando con meco, et io co llui.
Canzone 35, st. 4
Il Canzoniere (c. 1351–1353), To Laura in Life

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Ma pur sí aspre vie né sí selvagge cercar non so ch'Amor non venga sempre ragionando con meco, et io co llui.

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

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