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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 

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