I hope instead that death may soothe the smart.
Then Jew and Gentile weep, and sit with me
On mourning-stool: for sin hath followed woe;
I prayed to God to spare this misery,
And now no more my trust in Him I show.
When Immanuel's time of mourning was over his host suggested that he should devote himself to a collection and revision of his compositions. Immanuel gladly accepted this proposal, partly because he wished to perpetuate the memory of his beloved wife and that of his friend Dante, and partly because he thought that this would be the best occupation for his declining years.
The work occupied him till his death in 1330, when he was sixty-five years old. Bosone received some lines referring to Immanuel's death, composed by Cino da Pistoza, a noted lawyer and poet of some renown in his time. These lines are interesting in so far as they contain an unmistakable reference to the friendly relationship that existed between Dante and Immanuel. They run as follows:—
Cino to Bosone after the Death of Dante and the Jew Manoel.
Bosone, your friend Manoello is dead,
Still keeping fast to his false, idle creed;