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The Early Life of Dante Alighieri; Together With the Original in Parallel Pages
The Early Life of Dante Alighieri Together With the Original in Parallel Pages Author:Dante Alighieri General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1846 Original Publisher: Printed by Felix Le Monnier Subjects: Authors, Italian Fiction / Classics Literary Collections / General Literary Criticism / General Literary Criticism / European / Italian Poetry / Continental European Notes: This is a black and white OC... more »R reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: SOETTO DI GlIDO CAVALCANTl,' Vedesti al mio parere ogni valore, E tutto gioco, e quanto ben uom sente, Se fusti in pruova del signor valente, Che signoreggia il mondo de 1'onore; Poi vive in parte, dove noia muore; E tien ragion ne la pietosa mente: Si va soave ne' sonni a la gente, Che i cor ne porta senza far romore. Di te lo core ne porto; veggendo Che la tua donna la niorte chiedea, Nudrilla dello cor, di cio temendo. Quando t'apparve, che ne gia dogliendo, Fu dolce sono, ch'allor si compiea, Che '1 suo contrario lo venia vincendo. ' Prcso il. ill' edizione dclle Rime di Cavalcanti pubblicata da Ant. Ciccia- )iorci, Fircnze 1613, iu-8, ma collc variant! del Codice Vaticauo 3214, ocl 1842 da Salvatore Betti, le quall ammcgliorano la lezione. The three following Sonnets are the answers returned to the first Sonnet of Dante, the meaning of the original is not always clear, but it is amusing to see the different views of men of talent on the same subject, in those days. SONNET BY GII1DO CAVALCANTI.1 Thou saw'st all power (so does my judgment say) And joy, and every good which man can know, If thou wert tried by that great sovreign, who Throughout the world of honor holds his sway, Who dwells where every sorrow dies away, And o'er the gentle mind has influence too. Softly midst pleasing slumbers doth he go, And then abstracts men's hea...« less