Arts & Sciences
Dante and Ariosto
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Arts & Sciences
If Dante breathes on me his awful breath,
I rise and go; but I am sad as death —
I go; but, turning, who is that I see?
I whisper: — " Ariosto, wait for me! "
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MLA
Brown, Thomas Edward. “Dante and Ariosto.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/brown_te/50/.
Chicago
Brown, Thomas Edward. “Dante and Ariosto.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/brown_te/50/.
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