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EJOICE, O Florence, since thou art so great,

That over sea and land thou beatest thy wings,

And throughout Hell thy name is spread abroad!

Among the thieves five citizens of thine

Like these I found, whence shame comes unto me,

And thou thereby to no great honor risest.

But if when morn is near our dreams are true,

Feel shalt thou in a little time from now

What Prato, if none other, craves for thee.

And if it now were, it were not too soon;

Would that it were, seeing it needs must be,

For 't will aggrieve me more the more I age.

We went our way, and up along the stairs

The bourns had made us to descend before,

Remounted my Conductor and drew me.

And following the solitary path

Among the rocks and ridges of the crag,

The foot without the hand sped not at all.