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		<title>Dante Alighieri -- La Vita Nuova [Vita Nova; New Life], ch. 19, Canzone 1 (c. 1294, pub. 1576) [tr. Frisardi (2012), ch. 10]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whatever good that Nature can reveal is hers &#8212; she’s beauty’s touchstone on review. [Ella è quanto de ben pò far natura; per essemplo di lei bieltà si prova.] Love waxing lyrical about the beauty of Dante&#8217;s beloved Beatrice. (Source (Italian)). Alternate translations: All choicest gifts in nature’s power are her’s: In her example beauty [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Whatever good that Nature can reveal<br />
is hers &#8212; she’s beauty’s touchstone on review. </p>
<p><em>[Ella è quanto de ben pò far natura;<br />
per essemplo di lei bieltà si prova.]</em></p>
<br><b>Dante Alighieri</b> (1265-1321) Italian poet<br><i>La Vita Nuova [Vita Nova; New Life]</i>, ch. 19, Canzone 1 (c. 1294, pub. 1576) [tr. Frisardi (2012), ch. 10] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://digitaldante.columbia.edu/text/library/la-vita-nuova-frisardi/#:~:text=Whatever%20good%20that%20Nature%20can%20reveal%0Ais%20hers%E2%80%94she%E2%80%99s%20beauty%E2%80%99s%20touchstone%20on%20review." target="_blank">Source</a>)
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Love waxing lyrical about the beauty of Dante's beloved Beatrice.<br><br>

(<a href="https://dante.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/dante/DispMinorWork.pl?TITLE=V.N.&REF=XIX%201-22#:~:text=%C2%A0%C2%A0ella%20%C3%A8%20quanto%20de%20ben%20p%C3%B2%20far%20natura%3B%0A%C2%A0%C2%A0per%20essemplo%20di%20lei%20bielt%C3%A0%20si%20prova.">Source (Italian)</a>). Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote>All choicest gifts in nature’s power are her’s:<br>
In her example beauty finds its test. <br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/McGillLibrary-rbsc_lyrical-poems-dante-alighieri_PQ431552L81845-20466/page/n27/mode/2up?view=theater&q=%22All+choicest+gifts%22">Lyell</a> (1845)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>She is as high as Nature’s skill can soar;<br>
Beauty is tried by her comparison.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/41085/41085-h/41085-h.htm#:~:text=She%20is%20as,by%20her%20comparison.">Rossetti</a> (c. 1847; 1899 ed.)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>She is the sum of all on earth most rare; <br>
Beauty by her bright standard tests its claim.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/vitanuovadantet00aliggoog/page/n93/mode/2up?q=%22She+is+the+fum%22">Martin</a> (1862)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Whate’er of good Nature can make she is,<br>
And by her pattern beauty tries itself.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.elfinspell.com/DanteNewLife2.html#:~:text=Whate%E2%80%99er%20of%20good%20Nature%20can%20make%20she%20is%2C%0A%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0And%20by%20her%20pattern%20beauty%20tries%20itself.">Norton</a> (1867)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>She is the sum of nature's universe.<br>
To her perfection all of beauty tends.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/lavitanouvapoems0000dant/page/56/mode/2up?q=%22she+is+the+sum%22">Reynolds</a> (1969)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>She is the highest nature can achieve<br>
And by her mold all beauty tests itself. <br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/isbn_0253200385/page/32/mode/2up?q=%22she+is+the+highest%22">Musa</a> (1971)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>She is the best that Nature can achieve and by her mold all beauty tests itself.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://dante.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/dante/DispMinorWork.pl?TITLE=V.N.&REF=XIX%201-22#:~:text=she%20is%20the%20best%20that%20Nature%20can%20achieve%20and%20by%20her%20mold%20all%20beauty%20tests%20itself%3B">Hollander</a> (1997)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>She is the greatest good nature can create:<br>
beauty is proven by her example.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Italian/TheNewLifeII.php#anchor_Toc88709999:~:text=she%20is%20the,by%20her%20example.">Kline</a> (2002)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>She is the highest good that nature can make; <br>
beauty is tested with her as the touchstone.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/newlifelavitanuo00dant_0/page/38/mode/2up?q=%22she+is+the+highest+good%22">Appelbaum</a> (2006)]</blockquote><br>






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