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Harford, John Scandrett
The life of Michael Angelo Buonarroti: with translations of many of his poems and letters : also memoirs of Savonarola, Raphael,, and Vittoria Colonna (Band 2) — London: Longman, 1858

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MEMOIR OF

Sonetto 59.
" Se con 1' armi celesti avess' io vinto
Me stessa, i sensi, e la ragione umana;
Andrei con alto spirto alta e lontana
Dal mondo, e dal suo honor falso dipinto.
" Sull' ali della fede il pensier cinto
Di speme omai non piu caduca e vana,
Sarebbe fuor di questa valle insana
Da verace virtute alzato e spinto.
" Ben ho gia fermo Γ occhio al miglior fine
Del nostro corso; ma non volo ancora
Per lo destro sentier salda e leggiera.
" Veggio i segni del Sol, scorgo 1' Aurora;
Ma per li sacri giri alle divine
Stanze non entro in quella luce vera."
Sonnet 28.
“ Deaf I would be to earthly sounds, to greet,
With thoughts intent, and fix'd on things above,
The high angelic strains, the accents sweet,
In which true Peace accords with perfect Love;
Each living instrument the breath that plays
Upon its strings from chord to chord conveys,
And to one end so perfectly they move,
That nothing jars th' eternal harmony:
Love melts each voice, Love lifts its accents high,
Love beats the Time, presides o'er ev'ry string,
Th' angelic orchestra one signal sways;
The sound becomes more sweet, the more it strays
Through varying changes in harmonious maze;
He who the song inspir'd prompts all who sing."
 
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