Poetical Works - 1866 Author:George Gordon Byron Byron Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: FRANCESCA OF RIMINI. FROM THE KFEKNO OP DAUTE. CANTO V. " The land where I was born sits by the seas, Upon that shore to which the Po descends, With all ... more »his followers, in search of peace. Love, which the gentle heart soon apprehends, Seized him for the fair person which was ta'en f From me, and me even yet the mode offends. Love, who to none beloved to love again Remits, seized me with wish to please, so strong That, as thou seest, yet, yet it doth remain. Love to one death conducted us along, Ravenna. t [Among Byron's unpublished letters we find the following: —" Varied readings of the translation from Dante. Seized Mm for the fair person, which In Its Bloom was ta'en from me, yet the mode offends. or, Seized Mm for the fair form, of which in Its Bloom I was reft, and yet the mode offends. Love, which to none beloved to love remits, (with mutual wish to please) Seized me j with wish of pleasing him V so strong, ( with the desire to please ) That, iw thou scc'st, not yet that passion quits, etc. Ton will find these readings vary from the MS.. I sent you. Caina attende chi in vita ci spense. Queste parole da lor ci fur porte. Da ch' io intesi quell' anime oifense, Chinai il viso, e tanto il tenni basso Fin che il Poeta mi disse : Che pense ? Quando risposi, incomminciai: Ahi lasso! Quanti dolci pensier, quanto desio Men6 costoro al doloroso passo! Pol mi rivolsi a loro, e parlai io, E cominciai: Francesca, i tuoi martiri A lagrimar mi fanno tristo e pio. Ma dimmi: al tempo de' dolci sospiri, A che e come concedette Amore, Che conosceste i dubbiosi desiri ? Ed ella a me : Nessun maggior dolore Che ricordarsi del tempo felice Nella miseria; e ci6 sa il tuo dottore. Ma se a conoscer la prima radice ...« less