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First Line: Divae, isottae sacrum,' true
Last Line: In rimini, beside her?
Subject(s): God; Prayer; Religion; Saints; Theology


DIVAE Isottae Sacrum," true,
And like a saint's inscription too,
But really did she pray there?
Could even she, without a smile,
Kneel meekly in Alberti's aisle
And Credo softly say there?

Did she, ah brazen, dream to hide
Her sins from Him they crucified,
By graceful genuflexion?
And that the glory of her face
Would gain the flesh celestial grace
Maugre the soul's rejection?

Or did she come and, Aves said,
Lift up that perfect Umbrian head
That all should know her fair?
And fair enough to shame them, too,
Who called her damned, since well she knew
Her God was debonair.

"Quia multum amavit," haply she
Long since hath found the living tree,
With Magdalen to guide her.
I wonder, is it purged away
The charm, that drew all men to pray
In Rimini, beside her?





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