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“Go, grieving rimes of mine, tothat hard stone Whereunder lies my darling, lies my dear, And cry to her to speak from heaven's sphere.” quote by Petrarch — Download Open image

“Go, grieving rimes of mine, tothat hard stone Whereunder lies my darling, lies my dear, And cry to her to speak from heaven's sphere.”

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