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DANTE AND ARIOSTO by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN

First Line: IF DANTE BREATHES ON ME HIS AWFUL BREATH
Last Line: "I WHISPER: -- ""ARIOSTO, WAIT FOR ME!"
Subject(s): ARIOSTO, LUDOVICO (1474-1533); DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321);
IF Dante breathes on me his awful breath,
I rise and go; but I am sad as death --
I go; but, turning, who is that I see?
I whisper: -- "Ariosto, wait for me!"



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