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Paradiso: Canto XXIX

At what time both the children of Latona,
Surmounted by the Ram and by the Scales,
Together make a zone of the horizon,

As long as from the time the zenith holds them
In equipoise, till from that girdle both
Changing their hemisphere disturb the balance,

So long, her face depicted with a smile,
Did Beatrice keep silence while she gazed
Fixedly at the point which had o'ercome me.

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These are original epigrams and parodies by Michael R. Burch ...

Brief Fling I
by Michael R. Burch

“Epigram”
means cram,
then scram!

Published by Brief Poems and The HyperTexts

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Brief Fling II
by Michael R. Burch

To write an epigram,
cram.
If you l...

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