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And Anne de Parthenai�察�who sings so sweetly��
All lovely women�察�full of noble thoughts
And aspirations after noble things。
JULIA。
Boccaccio would have envied you such dames。
VITTORIA。
No�察�his Fiammettas and his Philomenas
Are fitter company for Ser Giovanni��
I fear he hardly would have comprehended
The women that I speak of。
MICHAEL ANGELO。
Yet he wrote
The story of Griselda。 That is something
To set down in his favor。
VITTORIA。
With these ladies
Was a young girl�察�Olympia Morate��
Daughter of Fulvio�察�the learned scholar��
Famous in all the universities。
A marvellous child�察�who at the spinning wheel��
And in the daily round of household cares��
Hath learned both Greek and Latin�察�and is now
A favorite of the Duchess and companion
Of Princess Anne。 This beautiful young Sappho
Sometimes recited to us Grecian odes
That she had written�察�with a voice whose sadness
Thrilled and o'ermastered me�察�and made me look
Into the future time�察�and ask myself
What destiny will be hers。
JULIA。
A sad one�察�surely。
Frost kills the flowers that blossom out of season��
And these precocious intellects portend
A life of sorrow or an early death。
VITTORIA。
About the court were many learned men��
Chilian Sinapius from beyond the Alps��
And Celio Curione�察�and Manzolli��
The Duke's physician�察�and a pale young man��
Charles d'Espeville of Geneva�察�whom the Duchess
Doth much delight to talk with and to read��
For he hath written a book of Institutes
The Duchess greatly praises�察�though some call it
The Koran of the heretics。
JULIA。
And what poets
Were there to sing you madrigals�察�and praise
Olympia's eyes and Cherubina's tresses��
VITTORIA。
No�察�for great Ariosto is no more。
The voice that filled those halls with melody
Has long been hushed in death。
JULIA。
You should have made
A pilgrimage unto the poet's tomb��
And laid a wreath upon it�察�for the words
He spake of you。
VITTORIA。
And of yourself no less��
And of our master�察�Michael Angelo。
MICHAEL ANGELO。
Of me��
VITTORIA。
Have you forgotten that he calls you
Michael�察�less man than angel�察�and divine��
You are ungrateful。
MICHAEL ANGELO。
A mere play on words。
That adjective he wanted for a rhyme��
To match with Gian Bellino and Urbino。
VITTORIA。
Bernardo Tasso is no longer there��
Nor the gay troubadour of Gascony��
Clement Marot�察�surnamed by flatterers
The Prince of Poets and the Poet of Princes��
Who�察�being looked upon with much disfavor
By the Duke Ercole�察�has fled to Venice。
MICHAEL ANGELO。
There let him stay with Pietro Aretino��
The Scourge of Princes�察�also called Divine。
The title is so common in our mouths��
That even the Pifferari of Abruzzi��
Who play their bag´pipes in the streets of Rome
At the Epiphany�察�will bear it soon��
And will deserve it better than some poets。
VITTORIA。
What bee hath stung you��
MICHAEL ANGELO。
One that makes no honey��
One that comes buzzing in through every window��
And stabs men with his sting。 A bitter thought
Passed through my mind�察�but it is gone again��
I spake too hastily。
JULIA。
I pray you�察�show me
What you have done。
MICHAEL ANGELO。
Not yet�察�it is not finished。
PART SECOND
I
MONOLOGUE
A room in MICHAEL ANGELO'S house。
MICHAEL ANGELO。
Fled to Viterbo�察�the old Papal city
Where once an Emperor�察�humbled in his pride��
Held the Pope's stirrup�察�as his Holiness
Alighted from his mule� �A fugitive
From Cardinal Caraffa's hate�察�who hurls
His thunders at the house of the Colonna��
With endless bitterness��Among the nuns
In Santa Catarina's convent hidden��
Herself in soul a nun� �And now she chides me
For my too frequent letters�察�that disturb
Her meditations�察�and that hinder me
And keep me from my work�察�now graciously
She thanks me for the crucifix I sent her��
And says that she will keep it�此�with one hand
Inflicts a wound�察�and with the other heals it。
��Reading。
;Profoundly I believed that God would grant you
A supernatural faith to paint this Christ��
I wished for that which I now see fulfilled
So marvellously�察�exceeding all my wishes。
Nor more could be desired�察�or even so much。
And greatly I rejoice that you have made
The angel on the right so beautiful��
For the Archangel Michael will place you��
You�察�Michael Angelo�察�on that new day
Upon the Lord's right hand� �And waiting that��
How can I better serve you than to pray
To this sweet Christ for you�察�and to beseech you
To hold me altogether yours in all things。;
Well�察�I will write less often�察�or no more��
But wait her coming。 No one born in Rome
Can live elsewhere�察�but he must pine for Rome��
And must return to it。 I�察�who am born
And bred a Tuscan and a Florentine��
Feel the attraction�察�and I linger here
As if I were a pebble in the pavement
Trodden by priestly feet。 This I endure��
Because I breathe in Rome an atmosphere
Heavy with odors of the laurel leaves
That crowned great heroes of the sword and pen��
In ages past。 I feel myself exalted
To walk the streets in which a Virgil walked��
Or Trajan rode in triumph�察�but far more��
And most of all�察�because the great Colonna
Breathes the same air I breathe�察�and is to me
An inspiration。 Now that she is gone��
Rome is no longer Rome till she return。
This feeling overmasters me。 I know not
If it be love�察�this strong desire to be
Forever in her presence�察�but I know
That I�察�who was the friend of solitude��
And ever was best pleased when most alone��
Now weary grow of my own company。
For the first time old age seems lonely to me。
��Opening the Divina Commedia。
I turn for consolation to the leaves
Of the great master of our Tuscan tongue��
Whose words�察�like colored garnet´shirls in lava��
Betray the heat in which they were engendered。
A mendicant�察�he ate the bitter bread
Of others�察�but repaid their meagre gifts
With immortality。 In courts of princes
He was a by´word�察�and in streets of towns
Was mocked by children�察�like the Hebrew prophet��
Himself a prophet。 I too know the cry��
Go up�察�thou bald head� �from a generation
That�察�wanting reverence�察�wanteth the best food
The soul can feed on。 There's not room enough
For age and youth upon this little planet。
Age must give way。 There was not room enough
Even for this great poet。 In his song
I hear reverberate the gates of Florence��
Closing upon him�察�never more to open��
But mingled with the sound are melodies
Celestial from the gates of paradise。
He came�察�and he is gone。 The people knew not
What manner of man was passing by their doors��
Until he passed no more�察�but in his vision
He saw the torments and beatitudes
Of souls condemned or pardoned�察�and hath left
Behind him this sublime Apocalypse。
I strive in vain to draw here on the margin
The face of Beatrice。 It is not hers��
But the Colonna's。 Each hath his ideal��
The image of some woman excellent��
That is his guide。 No Grecian art�察�nor Roman��
Hath yet revealed such loveliness as hers。
II
VITERBO
VITTORIA COLONNA at the convent window。
VITTORIA。
Parting with friends is temporary death��
As all death is。 We see no more their faces��
Nor hear their voices�察�save in memory��
But messages of love give us assurance
That we are not forgotten。 Who shall say
That from the world of spirits comes no greeting��
No message of remembrance�拭 �It may be
The thoughts that visit us�察�we know not whence��
Sudden as inspiration�察�are the whispers
Of disembodied spirits�察�speaking to us
As friends�察�who wait outside a prison wall��
Through the barred windows speak to those within。
��A pause。
As quiet as the lake that lies beneath me��
As quiet as the tranquil sky above me��
As quiet as a heart that beats no more��
This convent seems。 Above�察�below�察�all peace��
Silence and solitude�察�the soul's best friends��
Are with me here�察�and the tumultuous world
Makes no more noise than the remotest planet。
O gentle spirit�察�unto the third circle
Of heaven among the blessed souls ascended��
Who�察�living in the faith and dying for it��
Have gone to their reward�察�I do not sigh
For thee as being dead�察�but for myself
That I am still alive。 Turn those dear eyes��
Once so benignant to me�察�upon mine��
That open to their tears such uncontrolled
And such continual issue。 Still awhile
Have patience�察�I will come to thee at last。
A few more goings in and out these doors��
A few more chimings of these convent bells��
A few more prayers�察�a few more sighs and tears��
And the long agony of this life will end��
And I shall be with thee。 If I am wanting
To thy well´being�察�as thou art to mine��
Have patience�察�I will come to thee at last。
Ye minds that loiter in these cloister gardens��
Or wander far above the city walls��
Bear unto him this message�察�that I ever
Or speak or think of him�察�or weep for him。
By unseen hands uplifted in the light
Of sunset�察�yonder solitary cloud
Floats�察�with its white apparel blown abroad��
And wafted up to heaven。 It fades away��
And melts into the air。 Ah�察�would that I
Could thus be wafted unto thee�察�Francesco��
A cloud of white�察�an incorporeal spirit��
III
MICHAEL ANGELO AND BENVENUTO CELLINI
MICHAEL ANGELO�察�BENVENUTO CELLINI in gay attire。
BENVENUTO。
A good day and good year to the divine
Maestro Michael Angelo�察�the sculptor��
MICHAEL ANGELO。
Welcome�察�my Benvenuto。
BENVENUTO。
That is what
My father said�察�the first time he beheld
This handsome face。 But say farewell�察�not welcome。
I come to take my leave。 I start for Florence
As fast as horse