In one poem, this author described a flower that was seen "like chased gold and pearl," one that "rested on the ground," and one that "twirling, seemed to say, 'Here love rules.'
In one poem, this author described a flower that was seen "like chased gold and pearl," one that "rested on the ground," and one that "twirling, seemed to say, 'Here love rules.'" He wrote a patriotic poem predicting that "virtue against fury / shall take up arms" for "ancient valor / is not dead" in his countrymen's hearts. One of his best known poems begins with an image of "Clear, sweet fresh water." This poet wrote that "he ends well, who dies loving well," in a poem that the Earl of (*) Surrey translated as "Love, that doth reign and live within my thought." Sections labeled "In life" and "In death" divide this poet's best known collection, which consists of 366 poems and begins "You who hear the sound, in scattered rhymes." For 10 points, name this Italian poet who celebrated Laura in the Canzoniere and popularized the division into eight and six lines in his namesake sonnet.
In one poem, this author described a flower that was seen "like chased gold and pearl," one that "rested on the ground," and one that "twirling, seemed to say, 'Here love rules.'
Petrarch [or Francesco Petrarca] 