 Our grandsires' days, when high dames simply spun, In distaff glorying more than in their jewels — * When painted face was deemed a sore disgrace, * And women for simplicity were loved ; * When proudest noble...  Dante: A Dramatic Poem - Page 61by Héloïse Durant - 1892 - 136 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Heloise Durant Rose - 1910 - 272 pages
...— let Dante speak ! [DANTE has been speaking to PRIORI aside. ,] DANTE. My friends, when I did aslc that we should meet, 'Twas for no idle jest. We do...new pageant — no gay lords of love With train of tinselled, white-robed votaries. * De Monarchia. Such joys belong to calmer hours than these. We need... | |
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