In a letter from Vaucluse he says:--"Can nothing induce you to come to my solitude?
Will not my ardent request, and the pity you must have for my condition, bring you to pass some days with your old disciple?
If these motives are not sufficient, permit me to suggest another inducement.

There is in this place a poplar-tree of so immense a size that it covers with its shade not only the river and its banks, but also a considerable extent beyond them.

They tell us that King Robert of Naples, invited by the beauty of this spot, came hither to unburthen his mind from the weight of public affairs, and to enjoy himself in the shady retreat." The poet added many eulogies on his Majesty of Naples, which, as he anticipated, reached the royal ear.

It seems not to be clear that Father Dionisio ever visited the poet at Vaucluse; though they certainly had an interview at Avignon.

To Petrarch's misfortune, his friend's stay in that city was very short.
The monk proceeded to Florence, but he found there no shady retreat like that of the poplar at Vaucluse.