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Fools cannot dwell with thee. But we are thy servants and the Sheep of thy Pasture Forever, and Forever and Ever, have we sworn and determined to keep the Judgments of thy Justice.

that other Lady, Madonna Povertà. The translator of the "Meditazione," finding it would have no associations in Italian (as of course it has none in English), quietly drops it, but I cannot take so great a liberty, nor allow myself to hide the vivid and touching imagination which the pious author thus betrays. Throughout the whole allegory the influence of the Liturgy is conspicuous.]
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