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To Laura In Death. Sonnet LXXXIII.

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Volo con l' ali de' pensieri al cielo.     HE SEEMS TO BE WITH HER IN HEAVEN.         So often on the wings of thought I fly     Up to heaven's blissful seats, that I appear     As one of those whose treasure is lodged there,     The rent veil of mortality thrown by.     A pleasing chillness thrills my heart, while I     Listen to her voice, who bids me paleness wear--     "Ah! now, my friend, I love thee, now revere,     For changed thy face, thy manners," doth she cry.     She leads me to her Lord: and then I bow,     Preferring humble prayer, He would allow     That I his glorious face, and hers might see.     Thus He replies: "Thy destiny's secure;     To stay some twenty, or some ten years more,     Is but a little space, though long it seems to thee."     NOTT.

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"Volo con l' ali de' pensieri al cielo...."

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