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 The Flaming Spirits of the evil Counsellors
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| 1 | REJOICE, 0 Florence, since thou art so great,
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| 2 | That over sea and land thou beatest thy wings,
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| 3 | And throughout Hell thy name is spread abroad !
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| 4 | Among the thieves five citizens of thine
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| 5 | Like these I found, whence shame comes unto me,
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| 6 | And thou thereby to no great honour risest.
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| 7 | But if when morn is near our dreams are true,
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| 8 | Feel shalt thou in a little time from now
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| 9 | What Prato, if none other, craves for thee.
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| 10 | And if it now were, it were not too soon;
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| 11 | Would that it were, seeing it needs must be,
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| 12 | For 'twill aggrieve me more the more I age.
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| 13 | We went our way, and up along the stairs
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| 14 | The bourns had made us to descend before,
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| 15 | Remounted my Conductor and drew me.
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| 16 | And following the solitary path
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