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Quotation from The Canzoniere (Sonnets and Canzoni), with the Triumphs by Petrarch

“Blest be the day, and blest the month, the year, The spring, the hour, the very moment blest,”

Petrarch (spoken by The poet)

The Canzoniere (Sonnets and Canzoni), with the Triumphs, To Laura in Life, Sonnet XLVII (Benedetto sia 'l giorno), trans. Francis Wrangham

The poet blesses every circumstance of the moment he first saw Laura.

Citation: "Blest be the day, and blest the month, the year, The spring, the hour, the very moment blest," — Petrarch, The Canzoniere (Sonnets and Canzoni), with the Triumphs, To Laura in Life, Sonnet XLVII (Benedetto sia 'l giorno), trans. Francis Wrangham. (id petrarch-canzoniere-q2)

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