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to poets, assumed to be a convertible term with 
Genevi’a, the name of his ladye-love; and ac¬ 
cordingly, in his Seventh Sonnet, he found occa 
sion to immortalize her memory under a floral 
fancy, as did his great compatriot Petrarch, 
when coupling the name of his adored Laura 
with the laurel—that “ Petrarch pale,” whom 
Mrs. Browning has so gloriously sculpt in that 
magnificent Pantheon, “ The Vision of Poets,” 
as he 
‘‘Who from his brain-lit heart hath thrown 
A thousand thoughts beneath the sun, 
Each perfumed with the name of one. 
“ Tasso, bard and lover, 
Whose visions were too thin to cover 
The face of a false woman over,” 
determined to follow in the footsteps of his illus¬ 
trious countryman, has also left us two sonnets 
adapted to a similar purpose. 
Noble emblem this with which to cheer the 
heart of our best beloved! this symbol of the 
protection which they may find in the security 
of our love. How beautifully has Moor°, in one 
of his melodies, expressed this sentiment! 
“ Come, rest in this bosom, my own stricken deer: 
Though the herd have fled from thee, thy home is 
still here; 
Here still is the smile that no cloud can o’ercast, 
And a heart and a hand all thy own to the last. 
