in Poems (Author's Poems)
When I had journeyed half of our life's way,
I found myself within a shadowed forest,
for I had lost the path that does not stray.
from the book "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri
Send
Love with delight discourses in my mind
Upon my lady's admirable gifts...
Beyond the range of human intellect.
Send
in Poems (Author's Poems)
In that book which is
My memory...
On the first page
That is the chapter when
I first met you
Appear the words...
Here begins a new life.
from the book "The New Life" by Dante Alighieri
in Poems (Author's Poems)
Behold a God more powerful than I who comes to rule over me.
from the book "The New Life" by Dante Alighieri
Love hath so long possessed me for his own
And made his lordship so familiar.
from the book "The New Life" by Dante Alighieri
In his arms, my lady lay asleep, wrapped in a veil. He woke her then and trembling and obedient she ate that burning heart out of his hand. Weeping I saw him then depart from me.
from the book "The New Life" by Dante Alighieri