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The Apparition of Dante
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La gran poeta, Siei morto, ma vero, II tuo spirito E sempre rimasto, Sempre per nostro Nostro aiuto.
"'Ti chiamo, ti prego !
"'Thou Dante, who wert
"'I call thee, I pray thee,
"And then a form of a man will approach from around the statue (da canto), advancing gently-piano-piano-to the causeway, and will sit on it like any ordinary person, and begin to read the book, and the young man who has invoked the poet will not fail to obtain his wish. And the one who has come from the statue is no other indeed than Dante himself. "And it is said that if in any public place of resort or inn (bettola) any poet sings the poems of Dante, he is always present among those who listen, appearing as a gentleman or poor man-secondo il locale-according to the place.
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