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Petrarch Quotes: And I live on, but in grief and self-contempt, Left here without the light I loved so much, In a great tempest and with shrouds unkempt.
         

And I live on, but in grief and self-contempt, Left here without the light I loved so much, In a great tempest and with shrouds unkempt.


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This page presents the quote "And I live on, but in grief and self-contempt, Left here without the light I loved so much, In a great tempest and with shrouds unkempt.". Author of this quote is Petrarch. This quote is about light, left, life, grief, tempest, shrouds, self, contempt,.