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Born in 1265 / Died in 1321 / Italy / Italian

Poems by Dante Alighieri

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from the Last Canto of Paradiso

... The way, in the wind that stirred the light leaves,  ...

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Sestina of the Lady Pietra degli Scrovigni

... Yet shall the streams turn back and climb the hills ...

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Ulysses' Last Voyage

... Think of the roots from which you sprang, and show ...

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Sonnet: I Muse Over

... " Love smileth me, whose strength is ill to bear ...

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Sonnet: All My Thoughts

... And with the last come tears, I scarce know whence: ...

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To Guido Cavalcanti

... I'd have our vessel proof to chance and gale, ...

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La Vita Nuova

... . . Here begins a new life ...

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Of Beauty and Duty

... And 'twixt the two ladies hold its love complete ...

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Sonnet: Beauty Of Her Face

... Than all; but hers, through her, are raised above ...

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Purgatorio (English)

...   "Blood didst thou thirst for, and with blood I glut thee!" ...

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Paradiso (English)

...   Think'st thou to make good use of what thou'st offered, ...

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Sonnet: My Lady

... He whom she greeteth feels his heart to rise, ...