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TO DANTE ALIGHIERI
Sonnet
He reports, in a feigned Vision, the successful Issue of Lapo Gianni's Love
Dante, a sigh that rose from the heart's core
Assailed me, while I slumbered, suddenly:
So that I woke o'the instant, fearing sore
Lest it came thither in Love's company:
Till, turning, I beheld the servitor
Of Lady Lagia: “Help me,” so said he,
“O help me, Pity.” Though he said no more,
So much of Pity's essence entered me,
That I was ware of Love, those shafts he wields
A-whetting, and preferred the mourner's quest
To him, who straightway answered on this wise:
“Go tell my servant that the lady yields,
And that I hold her now at his behest:
If he believe not, let him note her eyes.”
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