Lorenzo dei Medici
The ancient fires and flames of Greece
Rise clear from out the fettering years.
Beauty impetuous release
Has claimed and freed her worshippers
From chains of ignominious fears.
Rise clear from out the fettering years.
Beauty impetuous release
Has claimed and freed her worshippers
From chains of ignominious fears.
And at my side stands many a one
Who works with dreams grown visible,
Coloured with lights of moon and sun,
Sweet words which night and morning spell
In shades and hues intangible.
Who works with dreams grown visible,
Coloured with lights of moon and sun,
Sweet words which night and morning spell
In shades and hues intangible.
And many more from the dumb stone
Bring forth divinest forms as when
The gods, from chaos pregnant grown,
Brought forth the world with subtle pain,
And first conceived the lives of men.
Bring forth divinest forms as when
The gods, from chaos pregnant grown,
Brought forth the world with subtle pain,
And first conceived the lives of men.
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