Vol. II
| Canzone 1 | Che debb' io far? &c. |
Very good, but not equal, I think, to
| Canzone 2 | Amor, se vuoi ch' i' torni, &c. |
though less faulty. With the omission of half-a-dozen conceits and Petrarchisms of
hooks, baits, flames
, and
torches
, this second canzone is a bold and impassioned lyric, and leaves no doubt in my mind of Petrarch's having possessed a true poetic genius.
Utinam deleri possint sequentia