Which, since they image Him, compel my love.
The same Platonic theme is slightly varied in the two following sonnets:[[424]]—
SPIRTO BEN NATO
Choice soul, in whom, as in a glass, we see,
Mirrored in thy pure form and delicate,
What beauties heaven and nature can create,
The paragon of all their works to be!
Fair soul, in whom love, pity, piety,
Have found a home, as from thy outward state
We clearly read, and are so rare and great