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ADAPTED FROM THE VITA NUOVA OF DANTE.
What Mary is when she a little smiles I cannot even tell or call to mind, It is a miracle so new, so rare.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
ADAPTED FROM THE VITA NUOVA OF DANTE.
What Mary is when she a little smiles I cannot even tell or call to mind, It is a miracle so new, so rare.
The speaker in these three lines is utterly lost for words. He’s trying to describe what happens when Mary smiles — just a little, gently — and he admits it’s impossible. It’s not simply that she looks beautiful; something far stranger and more powerful occurs.
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