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If it be true that any beautiful thing raises the pure and just desire of man from earth… — Michelangelo

Poem

If it be true that any beautiful thing raises the pure and just desire of man from earth to God, the eternal fount of all, such I believe my love.

In the original Italian

S'egli e che 'l buon desio Porti dal mondo a Dio Alcuna cosa bella, Sol a miel donna e quella, A chi ha gli occhi fatti com' ho io.

Michelangelo
1525
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Beauty
Medium
Poem
Time
1525The Renaissance
Person
Michelangelo
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Citation
Michelangelo. Madrigals. c. 1525.

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