| Where the green leaves exclude the summer beam |
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| 278. Valedictory - |
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| Ye vales and woods! fair scenes of happier hours |
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| Loose to the wind her golden tresses streamed |
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| Laura Being Dead, Petrarch Finds Trouble in All the Things of the Earth - |
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| He Asks His Heart to Raise Itself Up to God - |
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| He Wishes He Might Die and Follow Laura - |
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| Laura is Ever Present to Him - |
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| He Ceases to Speak of Her Graces and Her Virtues Which Are No More - |
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| The Fine Time of the Year Increases Petrarch's Sorrow |
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