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SONNET ON THE NUPTIALS OF THE MARQUIS
ANTONIO CAVALLI WITH THE COUNTESS
CLELIA RASPONI OF RAVENNA.
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SONNET ON THE NUPTIALS OF THE MARQUIS ANTONIO CAVALLI WITH THE COUNTESS CLELIA RASPONI OF RAVENNA.
A noble Lady of the Italian shoreLovely and young, herself a happy bride,
Commands a verse, and will not be denied,
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One sonnet, but invoke the muse once more
To hail these gentle hearts which Love has tied,
In Youth, Birth, Beauty, genially allied
And blest with Virtue's soul, and Fortune's store.
A sweeter language, and a luckier bard
Were worthier of your hopes, Auspicious Pair!
And of the sanctity of Hymen's shrine,
But,—since I cannot but obey the Fair,
To render your new state your true reward,
May your Fate be like Hers, and unlike mine.
Ravenna, July 31, 1819.
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