The Romance of Biography (Vol 1 of 2) / or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols.

by Mrs. Jameson

Mentre ch' a venerar muovon le gente,

concludes with this play upon her name—

Costei le onora col bel nome sante.
She does them honour by her sacred name.

[130] "Foreign Phœnix."

[131] Translated by a friend.

[132] Translated by a friend.

[133] Near Naples: thus, in his pathetic Canzone on himself,—

Sassel la gloriosa alma Sirena
Appresso il cui sepolcro, ebbi la cuna!

[134] The wife of Bernardo Tasso. See an account of her in Black's Life of Tasso.

[135] Manso, Vita di T. Tasso.