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;Grateful to me is sleep�察�to be of stone

More grateful�察�while the wrong and shame endure��

To see not�察�feel not�察�is a benediction��

Therefore awake me not�察�oh�察�speak in whispers。;



MICHAEL ANGELO。

Ah�察�Messer Bindo�察�the calamities��

The fallen fortunes�察�and the desolation

Of Florence are to me a tragedy

Deeper than words�察�and darker than despair。

I�察�who have worshipped freedom from my cradle��

Have loved her with the passion of a lover��

And clothed her with all lovely attributes

That the imagination can conceive��

Or the heart conjure up�察�now see her dead��

And trodden in the dust beneath the feet

Of an adventurer�  �It is a grief

Too great for me to bear in my old age。



BINDO。

I say no news from Florence�此�I am wrong��

For Benvenuto writes that he is coming

To be my guest in Rome。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

               Those are good tidings。

He hath been many years away from us。



BINDO。

Pray you�察�come in。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

               I have not time to stay��

And yet I will。  I see from here your house

Is filled with works of art。  That bust in bronze

Is of yourself。  Tell me�察�who is the master

That works in such an admirable way��

And with such power and feeling��



BINDO。

                          Benvenuto。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

Ah�拭�Benvenuto�拭�'T is a masterpiece��

It pleases me as much�察�and even more��

Than the antiques about it�察�and yet they

Are of the best one sees。  But you have placed it

By far too high。  The light comes from below��

And injures the expression。  Were these windows

Above and not beneath it�察�then indeed

It would maintain its own among these works

Of the old masters�察�noble as they are。

I will go in and study it more closely。

I always prophesied that Benvenuto��

With all his follies and fantastic ways��

Would show his genius in some work of art

That would amaze the world�察�and be a challenge

Unto all other artists of his time。



��They go in。





IV



IN THE COLISEUM



MICHAEL ANGELO and TOMASO DE CAVALIERI



CAVALIERI。

What have you here alone�察�Messer Michele��



MICHAEL ANGELO。

I come to learn。



CAVALIERI。

              You are already master��

And teach all other men。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

                  Nay�察�I know nothing��

Not even my own ignorance�察�as some

Philosopher hath said。  I am a schoolboy

Who hath not learned his lesson�察�and who stands

Ashamed and silent in the awful presence

Of the great master of antiquity

Who built these walls cyclopean。



CAVALIERI。

                           Gaudentius

His name was�察�I remember。  His reward

Was to be thrown alive to the wild beasts

Here where we now are standing。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

                          Idle tales。



CAVALIERI。

But you are greater than Gaudentius was��

And your work nobler。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

                Silence�察�I beseech you。



CAVALIERI。

Tradition says that fifteen thousand men

Were toiling for ten years incessantly

Upon this amphitheatre。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

                        Behold

How wonderful it is�  �The queen of flowers��

The marble rose of Rome�  �Its petals torn

By wind and rain of thrice five hundred years��

Its mossy sheath half rent away�察�and sold

To ornament our palaces and churches��

Or to be trodden under feet of man

Upon the Tiber's bank�察�yet what remains

Still opening its fair bosom to the sun��

And to the constellations that at night

Hang poised above it like a swarm of bees。



CAVALIERI。

The rose of Rome�察�but not of Paradise��

Not the white rose our Tuscan poet saw��

With saints for petals。  When this rose was perfect

Its hundred thousand petals were not Saints��

But senators in their Thessalian caps��

And all the roaring populace of Rome��

And even an Empress and the Vestal Virgins��

Who came to see the gladiators die��

Could not give sweetness to a rose like this。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

I spake not of its uses�察�but its beauty。



CAVALIERI。

The sand beneath our feet is saturate

With blood of martyrs�察�and these rifted stones

Are awful witnesses against a people

Whose pleasure was the pain of dying men。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

Tomaso Cavalieri�察�on my word��

You should have been a preacher�察�not a painter��

Think you that I approve such cruelties��

Because I marvel at the architects

Who built these walls�察�and curved these noble arches��

Oh�察�I am put to shame�察�when I consider

How mean our work is�察�when compared with theirs��

Look at these walls about us and above us��

They have been shaken by earthquake�察�have been made

A fortress�察�and been battered by long sieges��

The iron clamps�察�that held the stones together��

Have been wrenched from them�察�but they stand erect

And firm�察�as if they had been hewn and hollowed

Out of the solid rock�察�and were a part

Of the foundations of the world itself。



CAVALIERI。

Your work�察�I say again�察�is nobler work��

In so far as its end and aim are nobler��

And this is but a ruin�察�like the rest。

Its vaulted passages are made the caverns

Of robbers�察�and are haunted by the ghosts

Of murdered men。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

            A thousand wild flowers bloom

From every chink�察�and the birds build their nests

Among the ruined arches�察�and suggest

New thoughts of beauty to the architect��

Now let us climb the broken stairs that lead

Into the corridors above�察�and study

The marvel and the mystery of that art

In which I am a pupil�察�not a master。

All things must have an end�察�the world itself

Must have an end�察�as in a dream I saw it。

There came a great hand out of heaven�察�and touched

The earth�察�and stopped it in its course。  The seas

Leaped�察�a vast cataract�察�into the abyss��

The forests and the fields slid off�察�and floated

Like wooded islands in the air。  The dead

Were hurled forth from their sepulchres�察�the living

Were mingled with them�察�and themselves were dead��

All being dead�察�and the fair�察�shining cities

Dropped out like jewels from a broken crown。

Naught but the core of the great globe remained��

A skeleton of stone。  And over it

The wrack of matter drifted like a cloud��

And then recoiled upon itself�察�and fell

Back on the empty world�察�that with the weight

Reeled�察�staggered�察�righted�察�and then headlong plunged

Into the darkness�察�as a ship�察�when struck

By a great sea�察�throws off the waves at first

On either side�察�then settles and goes down

Into the dark abyss�察�with her dead crew。



CAVALIERI。

But the earth does not move。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

              Who knows�拭�who knowst��

There are great truths that pitch their shining tents

Outside our walls�察�and though but dimly seen

In the gray dawn�察�they will be manifest

When the light widens into perfect day。

A certain man�察�Copernicus by name��

Sometime professor here in Rome�察�has whispered

It is the earth�察�and not the sun�察�that moves。

What I beheld was only in a dream��

Yet dreams sometimes anticipate events��

Being unsubstantial images of things

As yet unseen。





V



MACELLO DE' CORVI



MICHAEL ANGELO�察�BENVENUTO CELLINI。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

So�察�Benvenuto�察�you return once more

To the Eternal City。  'T is the centre

To which all gravitates。  One finds no rest

Elsewhere than here。  There may be other cities

That please us for a while�察�but Rome alone

Completely satisfies。  It becomes to all

A second native land by predilection��

And not by accident of birth alone。



BENVENUTO。

I am but just arrived�察�and am now lodging

With Bindo Altoviti。  I have been

To kiss the feet of our most Holy Father��

And now am come in haste to kiss the hands

Of my miraculous Master。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

                     And to find him

Grown very old。



BENVENUTO。

        You know that precious stones

Never grow old。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

        Half sunk beneath the horizon��

And yet not gone。  Twelve years are a long while。

Tell me of France。



BENVENUTO。

                 It were too long a tale

To tell you all。  Suffice in brief to say

The King received me well�察�and loved me well��

Gave me the annual pension that before me

Our Leonardo had�察�nor more nor less��

And for my residence the Tour de Nesle��

Upon the river´side。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

                     A princely lodging。



BENVENUTO。

What in return I did now matters not��

For there are other things�察�of greater moment��

I wish to speak of。  First of all�察�the letter

You wrote me�察�not long since�察�about my bust

Of Bindo Altoviti�察�here in Rome。  You said��

;My Benvenuto�察�I for many years

Have known you as the greatest of all goldsmiths��

And now I know you as no less a sculptor。;

Ah�察�generous Master�  �How shall I e'er thank you

For such kind language��



MICHAEL ANGELO。

                     By believing it。

I saw the bust at Messer Bindo's house��

And thought it worthy of the ancient masters��

And said so。  That is all。



BENVENUTO。

                        It is too much��

And I should stand abashed here in your presence��

Had I done nothing worthier of your praise

Than Bindo's bust。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

   What have you done that's better��



BENVENUTO。

When I left Rome for Paris�察�you remember

I promised you that if I went a goldsmith

I would return a sculptor。  I have kept

The promise I then made。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

                    Dear Benvenuto��

I recognized the latent genius in you��

But feared your vices。



BENVENUTO。

                I have turned them all

To virtues。  My impatient�察�wayward nature��

That made me quick in quarrel�察�now has served me

Where meekness could not�察�and where patience could not��

As you shall hear now。  I have cast in bronze

A statue of Perseus�察�holding thus aloft

In his left hand the head of the Medusa��

And in his right the sword that severed it��

His right foot planted on the lifeless corse��

His face superb and pitiful�察�with 

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