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THAT LOVELY PALLOR WHICH SOFT SMILES HAVE STRIVEN, by                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Why doth my faithful friend go forth from me?
Alternate Author Name(s): Petrarca, Francesco
Subject(s): Togetherness; Heaven


That lovely pallor which soft smiles have striven
To mantle in a rosy veil of dew,
With such high royalty to me was given,
My heart paid homage ere it wonder knew.
Then was revealed to me that we would bid
Each other welcome thus in Paradise ;
Her gracious thought was fashioned to be hid
From others, though apparent to my eyes.
All heavenly favours, every modest grace
E'er mirrored in beloved lady's face,
Were nought compared with this of which I tell;
Downwards in silence her sweet glances fell,
And yet in them a meaning seemed to be:
"Why doth my faithful friend go forth from me?"





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