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Quotation from The Canzoniere (Sonnets and Canzoni), with the Triumphs by Petrarch
“Alone, and lost in thought, the desert glade Measuring I roam with ling'ring steps and slow;”
The Canzoniere (Sonnets and Canzoni), with the Triumphs, To Laura in Life, Sonnet XXVIII (Solo e pensoso), trans. Anonymous (Oxford, 1795)
He seeks solitude, but Love follows him everywhere.
Citation: "Alone, and lost in thought, the desert glade Measuring I roam with ling'ring steps and slow;" — Petrarch, The Canzoniere (Sonnets and Canzoni), with the Triumphs, To Laura in Life, Sonnet XXVIII (Solo e pensoso), trans. Anonymous (Oxford, 1795). (id petrarch-canzoniere-q4)
