134 EXAMINATION of nn HISTORICAL HTPOtHESIS 



In the 37th fonnet of the fecond Part, Petrarch, addreffing 

 himfelf to the fpirit of Laura, thus exprefles himfelf : 



Mira Ugranfaffo donde Sorga nafce, 

 E vedravi un cbe fol tra I'erbe e Vucque 

 Di tua memor'ia c di dolor Ji pnfce : 



Ove gicice V tuu albergo c dove nacqiic 

 II nojlro amor. 



''' Behold," fays he, " yonder great rock from whence the Sorga 

 " fprings, and there thou wilt fee a folitary being, who, amidft 

 " the green fields and ftreams, feeds on thy remembrance and 

 " on his own forrows. 'Twas there thy habitation lay ; and 



" there our loves began." 



In the ijjtk fonnet of the ift Part, ( Almo Sol,), the poet, ad- 

 dreffing himfelf to the fun, complains, that when his light is with- 

 drawn, and the night comes on, he is deprived of what he mofh 

 delights in, the fliadow that falls frorp that low hill, " where 

 " fparkles that fweet fire ;. where from a flender twig the beau- 

 " teous laurel grew ;" and he laments, that the darknefs hides from 

 his eyes'*')thap bleffed fpoi, wlieri3,,.v^th its. miflrefs, his heart. 

 " for ever dwells." 



Ofole,— 



— Fuggendo mi toi qttelich^ »' piu bramo : 



Z' ombra che cade da quell ' umil colle, 

 Ove sfavilla il mio foave fmco, 

 Ove U gran laurofu picciola verga ; 



Crefcendo, mentr'' io parlo ; a gii occhi tolle 



, : , La dolce villa del beat 0, loco, 

 ^ n(\i:vrv. . -^ . . ..!■;!. . . ■ 



. ., 'Ove 7 mio cor. con la fua donna alherga. 



S&,^'tfi^'4tltli^fiii^''^f-^e^'Paft,fhe f <4fet^y«, '' " •"'•"■ " 

 ^ella perrvui con Sorga ho cangiat^ Arno.'— 



