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“ne le braccia avea madonna involta in un drappo dormendo. Poi la svegliava, e d'esto core ardendo lei paventosa umilmente pascea: appresso gir lo ne vedea piangendo.”

— Dante Alighieri

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Wikiquote: Dante Alighieri
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Context

In his arms, my lady lay asleep, wrapped in a veil.He woke her then and trembling and obedientShe ate that burning heart out of his hand;Weeping I saw him then depart from me.

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Alighieri, Dante. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Dante Alighieri. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dante_Alighieri

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