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Michael Angelo's Reply
From The Passing Bell and Other Poems (1868)
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Dear to me sleep, — dearer to sleep in stone,
Till shame and dark dishonour all are gone.
To see not, hear not, — this my happiest boon,
Speak gently, lest you waken me too soon.
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Codex Note
Michelangelo's reply in the person of the Statue, translated by Monsell.
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MLA
Monsell, John S. B. “Michael Angelo's Reply.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/monsell/317/.
Chicago
Monsell, John S. B. “Michael Angelo's Reply.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/monsell/317/.
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