[61] Probably the same he had celebrated under the name of Filli, and who married another. Zappi's Sonnet to this lady, "Ardo per Filli," is elaborately elegant; sparkling and pointed as a pyramid of gems.
[62] "Il mio bel sol" is a poetical term of endearment, which it is not easy to reduce gracefully into English.
[63] Translated by a friend.
CHAPTER IX.
CONJUGAL POETRY CONTINUED.
LORD LYTTELTON.
Lord Lyttelton has told us in a very sweet line,
How much the wife is dearer than the bride.