Excerpt from The Triumphs of Petrarch: Translated Into English Verse, With an Introduction and Notes Tht dawn of Learning from Valclusa's brow 'Twas mine to mark: but Thou with eagle eye Couldst follow, when her Glory climb'd the sky, And tell the conflict with her deadly foe, Dark Superstition - with imperial Pride And Passion leagued, whose dim suffusion veil'd The blessed beam, while bigot Fury steel'd The heart, rebellious to the heavenly Guide. This Petrarch saw; and long deplored, like Thee, The Demon's fraud, that check'd the powers of Mind Blending her light with deep Tartarean stain, O may thy name assist his solemn plea In Virtue's cause! and Sorgia's Flowers, combin'd With Mersey's wreath, immortalise the strain! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.