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Quotation from The Canzoniere (Sonnets and Canzoni), with the Triumphs by Petrarch
“Have mercy, Lord! on my unworthy ills: Fix all my thoughts in contemplation high; How on the cross this day a Saviour died.”
The Canzoniere (Sonnets and Canzoni), with the Triumphs, To Laura in Life, Sonnet XLVIII (Padre del ciel), trans. Lady Dacre
A Good Friday prayer on the anniversary of his first sight of Laura.
Citation: "Have mercy, Lord! on my unworthy ills: Fix all my thoughts in contemplation high; How on the cross this day a Saviour died." — Petrarch, The Canzoniere (Sonnets and Canzoni), with the Triumphs, To Laura in Life, Sonnet XLVIII (Padre del ciel), trans. Lady Dacre. (id petrarch-canzoniere-q3)
Virtues: Piety
