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The Sonnets Of Tommaso Campanella - The Human Comedy.

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Natura dal Signor.     Nature, by God directed, formed in space             The universal comedy we see;             Wherein each star, each man, each entity,             Each living creature, hath its part and place:     And when the play is over, it shall be             That God will judge with justice and with grace.--             Aping this art divine, the human race             Plans for itself on earth a comedy:     It makes kings, priests, slaves, heroes for the eyes             Of vulgar folk; and gives them masks to play             Their several parts--not wisely, as we see;     For impious men too oft we canonise,             And kill the saints; while spurious lords array             Their hosts against the real nobility.

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