225 Was wont to burn; and, passing by that way
wont > accustomed
226 To see that buried dust of living fame, 227 Whose tomb fair love, and fairer virtue kept, 228 All suddenly I saw the Faery Queen: 229 At whose approach the soul of Petrarch wept,
Petrarch > (Francesco Petrarch, 1304-74, Italian poet and scholar)
230 And from thenceforth those graces were not seen.
those graces > [the Vestals]
231 For they this queen attended, in whose stead
stead > place
232 Oblivion laid him down on Laura's hearse:
hearse > bier, coffin; tomb