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He had found rest at last. He had attained the object of his desires—he had left time behind him.

Beata l’alma, ove non corre tempo![1]

Such was this life of divine sorrow.

Fuss’ io pur lui! c’ a tal fortuna nato,
Per l’aspro esilio suo con la virtute
Dare’ del mondo il piu felice stato![2]

  1. “Happy is the soul, where time runs no longer” (“Poems,” lix).
  2. “Poems,” cix, 37.