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The Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Edited with Preface and Notes by William M. Rossetti: Revised and Enlarged Edition
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)

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PRINCIPAL POEMS
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II.—MISCELLANEOUS POEMS
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VERSICLES AND FRAGMENTS
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FOREIGN
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JUVENILIA AND GROTESQUES
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TRANSLATIONS
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DANTE AND HIS CIRCLE
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PART II POETS CHIEFLY BEFORE DANTE
  
CIULLO D'ALCAMO
  
FOLCACHIERO DE' FOLCACHIERI, KNIGHT OF SIENA
  
LODOVICO DELLA VERNACCIA
  
SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI
  
FREDERICK II. EMPEROR
  
ENZO, KING OF SARDINIA
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GUIDO GUINICELLI
  
GUERZO DI MONTECANTI
  
INGHILFREDI, SICILIANO
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RINALDO D'AQUINO
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JACOPO DA LENTINO
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MAZZEO DI RICCO, DA MESSINA
  
PANNUCCIO DAL BAGNO, PISANO
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GIACOMINO PUGLIESI, KNIGHT OF PRATO
  
FRA GUITTONE D' AREZZO
  
BARTOLOMEO DI SANT' ANGELO
  
SALADINO DA PAVIA
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BONAGGIUNTA URBICIANI, DA LUCCA
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MEO ABBRACCIAVACCA, DA PISTOIA
  
UBALDO DI MARCO
  
SIMBUONO GIUDICE
  
MASOLINO DA TODI
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ONESTO DI BONCIMA, BOLOGNESE
  
TERINO DA CASTEL FIORENTINO
  
MAESTRO MIGLIORE, DA FIORENZA
  
DELLO DA SIGNA
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FOLGORE DA SAN GEMINIANO
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I Sonnet
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II Sonnet
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III Sonnet
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OF THE MONTHS
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OF THE WEEK
  
GUIDO DELLE COLONNE
  
PIER MORONELLI, DI FIORENZA
  
CIUNCIO FIORENTINO
  
RUGGIERI DI AMICI, SICILIANO
  
CARNINO GHIBERTI, DA FIORENZA
  
PRINZIVALLE DORIA
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RUSTICO DI FILIPPO
  
PUCCIARELLO DI FIORENZA
  
ALBERTUCCIO DELLA VIOLA
  
TOMMASO BUZZUOLA, DA FAENZA
  
NOFFO BONAGUIDA
  
LIPPO PASCHI DE' BARDI
  
SER PACE, NOTAIO DA FIORENZA
  
NICCOLÒ DEGLI ALBIZZI
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FRANCESCO DA BARBERINO
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FAZIO DEGLI UBERTI
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FRANCO SACCHETTI
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ANONYMOUS POEMS
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TRANSLATIONS from the GERMAN, ITALIAN, FRENCH, AND GREEK

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I
Sonnet

To the Guelf Faction

Because ye made your backs your shields, it came
To pass, ye Guelfs, that these your enemies
From hares grew lions: and because your eyes
Turned homeward, and your spurs e'en did the same,
Full many an one who still might win the game
In fevered tracts of exile pines and dies.
Ye blew your bubbles as the falcon flies,
And the wind broke them up and scattered them.
This counsel, therefore. Shape your high resolves
In good King Robert's humour, and afresh
Accept your shames, forgive, and go your way.
And so her peace is made with Pisa! Yea,
What cares she for the miserable flesh
That in the wilderness has fed the wolves?
 

See what is said in allusion to his government of Florence by Dante (Parad. C. viii.)

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