"[Sonetto VIII] Ciò che m’incontra, ne la mente more, quand’i’ vegno a veder voi, bella gioia; e quand’io vi son presso, i’ sento Amore che dice: "Fu… - Dante Alighieri

"[Sonetto VIII]
Ciò che m’incontra, ne la mente more,
quand’i’ vegno a veder voi, bella gioia;
e quand’io vi son presso, i’ sento Amore
che dice: "Fuggi, se ’l perir t’è noia".

Lo viso mostra lo color del core,
che, tramortendo, ovunque pò s’appoia;
e per la ebrietà del gran tremore
le pietre par che gridin: Moia, moia.

Peccato face chi allora mi vide,
se l’alma sbigottita non conforta,
sol dimostrando che di me li doglia,
per la pietà, che ’l vostro gabbo ancide,
la qual si cria ne la vista morta
de li occhi, c’hanno di lor morte voglia."

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About Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri (c. 30 May 1265 – 13 September 1321), most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri, was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.

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Alternative Names: Dante Durante degli Alighieri Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri
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He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.

This beast, at which thou criest out,
Suffers not any one to pass her way
But so doth harass him, that she destroys him;

And has a nature so malign and ruthless
That never doth she glut her greedy will,
And after food is hungrier than before.

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