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His right foot planted on the lifeless corse��

His face superb and pitiful�察�with eyes

Down´looking on the victim of his vengeance。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

I see it as it should be。



BENVENUTO。

                         As it will be

When it is placed upon the Ducal Square��

Half´way between your David and the Judith

Of Donatello。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

              Rival of them both��



BENVENUTO。

But ah�察�what infinite trouble have I had

With Bandinello�察�and that stupid beast��

The major´domo of Duke Cosimo��

Francesco Ricci�察�and their wretched agent

Gorini�察�who came crawling round about me

Like a black spider�察�with his whining voice

That sounded like the buzz of a mosquito��

Oh�察�I have wept in utter desperation��

And wished a thousand times I had not left

My Tour do Nesle�察�nor e'er returned to Florence��

Or thought of Perseus。  What malignant falsehoods

They told the Grand Duke�察�to impede my work��

And make me desperate��



MICHAEL ANGELO。

                     The nimble lie

Is like the second´hand upon a clock��

We see it fly�察�while the hour´hand of truth

Seems to stand still�察�and yet it moves unseen��

And wins at last�察�for the clock will not strike

Till it has reached the goal。



BENVENUTO。

                           My obstinacy

Stood me in stead�察�and helped me to o'ercome

The hindrances that envy and ill´will

Put in my way。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

               When anything is done

People see not the patient doing of it��

Nor think how great would be the loss to man

If it had not been done。  As in a building

Stone rests on stone�察�and wanting the foundation

All would be wanting�察�so in human life

Each action rests on the foregone event��

That made it possible�察�but is forgotten

And buried in the earth。



BENVENUTO。

                     Even Bandinello��

Who never yet spake well of anything��

Speaks well of this�察�and yet he told the Duke

That�察�though I cast small figures well enough��

I never could cast this。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

                   But you have done it��

And proved Ser Bandinello a false prophet。

That is the wisest way。



BENVENUTO。

                   And ah�察�that casting

What a wild scene it was�察�as late at night��

A night of wind and rain�察�we heaped the furnace

With pine of Serristori�察�till the flames

Caught in the rafters over us�察�and threatened

To send the burning roof upon our heads��

And from the garden side the wind and rain

Poured in upon us�察�and half quenched our fires。

I was beside myself with desperation。

A shudder came upon me�察�then a fever��

I thought that I was dying�察�and was forced

To leave the work´shop�察�and to throw myself

Upon my bed�察�as one who has no hope。

And as I lay there�察�a deformed old man

Appeared before me�察�and with dismal voice��

Like one who doth exhort a criminal

Led forth to death�察�exclaimed�察 �Poor Benvenuto��

Thy work is spoiled�  �There is no remedy� �

Then�察�with a cry so loud it might have reached

The heaven of fire�察�I bounded to my feet��

And rushed back to my workmen。  They all stood

Bewildered and desponding�察�and I looked

Into the furnace�察�and beheld the mass

Half molten only�察�and in my despair

I fed the fire with oak�察�whose terrible heat

Soon made the sluggish metal shine and sparkle。

Then followed a bright flash�察�and an explosion��

As if a thunderbolt had fallen among us。

The covering of the furnace had been rent

Asunder�察�and the bronze was flowing over��

So that I straightway opened all the sluices

To fill the mould。  The metal ran like lava��

Sluggish and heavy�察�and I sent my workmen

To ransack the whole house�察�and bring together

My pewter plates and pans�察�two hundred of them��

And cast them one by one into the furnace

To liquefy the mass�察�and in a moment

The mould was filled�  �I fell upon my knees

And thanked the Lord�察�and then we ate and drank

And went to bed�察�all hearty and contented。

It was two hours before the break of day。

My fever was quite gone。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

                  A strange adventure��

That could have happened to no man alive

But you�察�my Benvenuto。



BENVENUTO。

                As my workmen said

To major´domo Ricci afterward��

When he inquired of them�此 �'T was not a man��

But an express great devil。;



MICHAEL ANGELO。

                      And the statue��



BENVENUTO。

Perfect in every part�察�save the right foot

Of Perseus�察�as I had foretold the Duke。

There was just bronze enough to fill the mould��

Not a drop over�察�not a drop too little。

I looked upon it as a miracle

Wrought by the hand of God。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

                       And now I see

How you have turned your vices into virtues。



BENVENUTO。

But wherefore do I prate of this�拭 �I came

To speak of other things。  Duke Cosimo

Through me invites you to return to Florence��

And offers you great honors�察�even to make you

One of the Forty´Eight�察�his Senators。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

His Senators�  �That is enough。  Since Florence

Was changed by Clement Seventh from a Republic

Into a Dukedom�察�I no longer wish

To be a Florentine。  That dream is ended。

The Grand Duke Cosimo now reigns supreme��

All liberty is dead。  Ah�察�woe is me��

I hoped to see my country rise to heights

Of happiness and freedom yet unreached

By other nations�察�but the climbing wave

Pauses�察�lets go its hold�察�and slides again

Back to the common level�察�with a hoarse

Death rattle in its throat。  I am too old

To hope for better days。  I will stay here

And die in Rome。  The very weeds�察�that grow

Among the broken fragments of her ruins��

Are sweeter to me than the garden flowers

Of other cities�察�and the desolate ring

Of the Campagna round about her walls

Fairer than all the villas that encircle

The towns of Tuscany。



BENVENUTO。

               But your old friends��



MICHAEL ANGELO。

All dead by violence。  Baccio Valori

Has been beheaded�察�Guicciardini poisoned��

Philippo Strozzi strangled in his prison。

Is Florence then a place for honest men

To flourish in�拭 �What is there to prevent

My sharing the same fate��



BENVENUTO。

                     Why this�此�if all

Your friends are dead�察�so are your enemies。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

Is Aretino dead��



BENVENUTO。

                 He lives in Venice��

And not in Florence。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

                 'T is the same to me

This wretched mountebank�察�whom flatterers

Call the Divine�察�as if to make the word

Unpleasant in the mouths of those who speak it

And in the ears of those who hear it�察�sends me

A letter written for the public eye��

And with such subtle and infernal malice��

I wonder at his wickedness。  'T is he

Is the express great devil�察�and not you。

Some years ago he told me how to paint

The scenes of the Last Judgment。



BENVENUTO。

                          I remember。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

Well�察�now he writes to me that�察�as a Christian��

He is ashamed of the unbounded freedom

With which I represent it。



BENVENUTO。

                          Hypocrite��



MICHAEL ANGELO。

He says I show mankind that I am wanting

In piety and religion�察�in proportion

As I profess perfection in my art。

Profess perfection�拭 �Why�察�'t is only men

Like Bugiardini who are satisfied

With what they do。  I never am content��

But always see the labors of my hand

Fall short of my conception。



BENVENUTO。

                            I perceive

The malice of this creature。  He would taint you

With heresy�察�and in a time like this��

'T is infamous��



MICHAEL ANGELO。

                I represent the angels

Without their heavenly glory�察�and the saints

Without a trace of earthly modesty。



BENVENUTO。

Incredible audacity��



MICHAEL ANGELO。

                   The heathen

Veiled their Diana with some drapery��

And when they represented Venus naked

They made her by her modest attitude��

Appear half clothed。  But I�察�who am a Christian��

Do so subordinate belief to art

That I have made the very violation

Of modesty in martyrs and in virgins

A spectacle at which all men would gaze

With half´averted eyes even in a brothel。



BENVENUTO。

He is at home there�察�and he ought to know

What men avert their eyes from in such places��

From the Last Judgment chiefly�察�I imagine。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

But divine Providence will never leave

The boldness of my marvellous work unpunished��

And the more marvellous it is�察�the more

'T is sure to prove the ruin of my fame��

And finally�察�if in this composition

I had pursued the instructions that he gave me

Concerning heaven and hell and paradise��

In that same letter�察�known to all the world��

Nature would not be forced�察�as she is now��

To feel ashamed that she invested me

With such great talent�察�that I stand myself

A very idol in the world of art。

He taunts me also with the Mausoleum

Of Julius�察�still unfinished�察�for the reason

That men persuaded the inane old man

It was of evil augury to build

His tomb while he was living�察�and he speaks

Of heaps of gold this Pope bequeathed to me��

And calls it robbery��that is what he says。

What prompted such a letter��



BENVENUTO。

                             Vanity。

He is a clever writer�察�and he likes

To draw his pen�察�and flourish it in the face

Of every honest man�察�as swordsmen do

Their rapiers on occasion�察�but to show

How skilfully they do it。  Had you followed

The advice he gave�察�or even thanked him for it��

You would have seen another style of fence。

'T is but his wounded vanity�察�and the wish

To see his name in print。  So give it not

A moment's thought�察�it soon will be forgotten。



MICHAEL ANGELO。

I will not think of it�察�but let it pass

For a rude speech thrown at me in the street��

As boys threw stones at Dante。



BENVENUTO。

                    And what answer

Shall I take back to Grand Duke Cosimo��

He does not ask your labor or yo

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