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DANTE ALIGHIERI TO GUIDO CAVALCANTI:
Guido, I would that Lapo, thou, and I, / Led by some strong enchantment, might ascend / A magic ship, whose charmed sails should fly / With winds at will where'er our thoughts might wend, / So that no change, nor any evil chance / Should mar our joyous voyage; but it might be, / That even satiety should still enhance / Between our hearts their strict community: / And that the bounteous wizard then would place / Vanna and Bice and my gentle love, / Companions of our wandering, and would grace / With passionate talk, wherever we might rove, / Our time, and each were as content and free / As I believe that thou and I should be.