Love
Fragment: Adapted from the Vita Nuova of Dante
Translated by Percy Bysshe Shelley · From Complete Poetical Works, Oxford ed. Hutchinson (1914)
Love
What Mary is when she a little smiles
I cannot even tell or call to mind,
It is a miracle so new, so rare.
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Codex Note
Translated by Shelley from the Italian of Dante.
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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. “Fragment: Adapted from the Vita Nuova of Dante.” Translated by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/shelley/235/.
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Shelley, Percy Bysshe. “Fragment: Adapted from the Vita Nuova of Dante.” Translated by Percy Bysshe Shelley. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/shelley/235/.
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