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Image title:	115. Love Hath So Long Possessed Me
Source:	Alighieri, Dante: “La Vita Nuova (The New Life)” (1910)
Place shown:	none
Keywords:	page images, colour, angels, christmas
Status:	out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes usage credit requested Please do not redistribute without permission, since running this site is expensive.

	Full page image showing the sonnet and also the decoration. I have scanned the angel separately, as the next image. Love hath so long possess’d me for his own And made his lordship so familiar That he, who at first irk’d me, is now grown Unto my heart as its best secrets are. And thus, when he in such sore wise doth mar My life that all its strength seems gone from it, Mine inmost being then feels throughly quit Of anguish, and all evil keeps afar: Love also gathers to such power in me That my sighs speak, each one a grievous thing, Always soliciting My lady’s salutation piteously. Whenever she beholds me, it is so, Who is more sweet than any words can show.
Dimensions:	185 x 237mm (7.3 x 9.3 inches)
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Blog image:	http://fromoldbooks.org/r/u/115-Love-Hath-So-Long-Possessed-Me-For-His-Own-q75-386x500.jpg
Blog link:	http://fromoldbooks.org/r/u/pages/115-Love-Hath-So-Long-Possessed-Me-For-His-Own/
Artist:	Evelyn Paul (1870 – 1945)
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Image title:

115. Love Hath So Long Possessed Me

Source:

Alighieri, Dante: “La Vita Nuova (The New Life)” (1910)

Place shown:

none

Keywords:

page images, colour, angels, christmas

Status:

out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free stock image for all purposes usage credit requested
Please do not redistribute without permission, since running this site is expensive.

Full page image showing the sonnet and also the decoration. I have scanned the angel separately, as the next image.

Love hath so long
possess’d me for his own
And made his lordship so familiar
That he, who at first irk’d me, is now grown
Unto my heart as its best secrets are.
And thus, when he in such sore wise doth mar
My life that all its strength seems gone from it,
Mine inmost being then feels throughly quit
Of anguish, and all evil keeps afar:
Love also gathers to such power in me
That my sighs speak, each one a
grievous thing,
Always soliciting
My lady’s salutation piteously.
Whenever she beholds me, it is so,
Who is more sweet than any
words can show.