FLORENCE within the old encirclement,
From which, e'en now, peal forth both tierce and nones,
In peace, shamefaced and modest, still abode.
Hers were not golden chains nor coronets,
Nor jewelled dames bedecked, nor costumes odd
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Far more to see than were their wearers' selves.
At birth, the daughter caused no pangs of fear
Unto her father's heart, lest age or dowry
On this side or on that due bounds o'erpass.
Hers were no houses void of occupants,
Nor yet was here Sardanapalus come
To show us all that can be done in-doors.
Rome viewed from Montemalo yet was not
Surpassed by Florence from Uccellattoi',
But now just as surpassed in springing up,
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