70. Wherein He Concludes with His Brother Gherardo on the Untimely Death of a Lady He Loved -
WHEREIN HE CONDOLES WITH HIS BROTHER GHERARDO ON THE UNTIMELY DEATH OF A LADY HE LOVED
The lovely lady thou didst love so greatly
Hath from our midst too soon, too soon departed
To take her place among the splendid-hearted
Whose virtue shed such light upon us lately.
No human bliss or bane her station stately
Can touch or taint: come, stand again, new-started,
New-consecrated in God's path, new-charted
In the bright flight that speeds to Heaven so straightly!
Thus, from the heavier burden liberated,
The lighter may more lightly be rejected
And the unharnessed pilgrim rise re-mated:
For well thou knowest the soul that moves elected
To loftier realms, must purge earth's base dominion
Ere it can brush the stars on blazing pinion!
The lovely lady thou didst love so greatly
Hath from our midst too soon, too soon departed
To take her place among the splendid-hearted
Whose virtue shed such light upon us lately.
No human bliss or bane her station stately
Can touch or taint: come, stand again, new-started,
New-consecrated in God's path, new-charted
In the bright flight that speeds to Heaven so straightly!
Thus, from the heavier burden liberated,
The lighter may more lightly be rejected
And the unharnessed pilgrim rise re-mated:
For well thou knowest the soul that moves elected
To loftier realms, must purge earth's base dominion
Ere it can brush the stars on blazing pinion!
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