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BEATRICE TO DANTE; SONNET, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Regard me well: I am thy love
Last Line: "that thou alone art hers and she is thine."
Alternate Author Name(s): Mulock, Dinah Maria
Subject(s): Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)


"Guardami ben. Ben son, ben son."

REGARD me well: I am thy love, thy love;
Thy blessing, thy delight, thy hope, thy peace:
Thy joy above all joys that break and cease
When their full waves in widest circles move:
Thy bird of comfort, thine eternal dove,
Whom thou didst send out of thy mournful breast
To flutter back and point thee to thy rest:
Thine angel, who forgets her crown star-wove
To come to thee with folded woman-hands
Pleading, -- "look on me, Beatrice, who stands
Before thee; by the Triune Light divine
Undazzled, still beholds thy human face,
And is more happy in this happy place
That thou alone art hers and she is thine."





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