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THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH: THE TRIUMPHS OF LOVE, CHASTITY, DEATH. TO READER, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Reader, I have oft been told, / verses that speak not love are cold
Last Line: Who had enough to serve all three.
Alternate Author Name(s): Petrarca, Francesco


Reader, I have oft been told,
Verse that speak not Love are cold.
I would gladly please thine ear,
But am loth to buy 't too dear.
And 'tis easier far to borrow
Lovers' tears than feel their sorrow.
Therefore he hath furnisht me
Who had enough to serve all three.





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