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TO DANTE ALIGHIERI
Sonnet
On the last Sonnet of the Vita Nuova
Dante Alighieri, Cecco, your good friendAnd servant, gives you greeting as his lord,
And prays you for the sake of Love's accord,
Love being the Master before whom you bend,)
That you will pardon him if he offend,
Even as your gentle heart can well afford.
All that he wants to say is just one word
Which partly chides your sonnet at the end.
For where the measure changes, first you say
You do not understand the gentle speech
A spirit made touching your Beatrice:
And next you tell your ladies how, straightway,
You understand it. Wherefore (look you) each
Of these your words the other's sense denies.
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