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Love hath so long possessed me for his own And made his lordship so familiar. — Dante Alighieri

Love hath so long possessed me for his own And made his lordship so familiar.

In the original Italian

Sì lungiamente m'ha tenuto Amore e costumato a la sua segnoria.

Dante Alighieri
La Vita Nuova · 1294
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Power of loveLove
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1294Middle Ages
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Dante Alighieri
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Current citation
Dante. Vita Nuova, translated by Mark Musa. Oxford University Press, 2008, ch. 24.
Original citation
Dante. La Vita Nuova [The New Life]. 1294, ch. 24.

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