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THE EPITAPH OF RAPHAEL by PIETRO BEMBO

First Line: HERE LIES THAT RAPHAEL WHOSE ART MADE NATURE DREAD
Last Line: TO SEEM HALF DEAD, HE LIVING, AND HALF TO DIE, HE DEAD.
Subject(s): EPITAPHS; RAPHAEL (1483-1520);

Here lies that Raphael whose art made Nature dread
to seem half dead, he living, and half to die, he dead.



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