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DANTE
(PREFIXED TO A TRANSLATION OF HIS SONNETS)
Thou who like Dian hast in Heaven domainAnd hell, and worlds that intermediate roll,
This slender tribute summed in tiny scroll
Seemeth it not thy grandeur to profane?
Not so, such offering thou wouldst ne'er disdain,
Aware that not from deeper springs of soul
Burst the great song the centuries extol
Than these clear notes heard once and yet again:
Which, if among the spirits unforgiven
Thou wentest, or where smites the healing rod,
Or didst the path of Paradise essay,
Borne in the heart where'er the feet took way,
Gave witness that thou hadst already trod
Love's land, that comprehendeth Hell and Heaven.
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