Ryan, Sara Agnes · Chicago : The Mayer and Miller Co. · leaf 354
phael speaks: What; Leos self has sent To ask of Raphael? Kindly done; and yet The Iron Pontiff, whom I painted thrice, Had come. No matter: these are gracious words,Rome were not Rome without me. My best thanksBack to his Holiness; and dare I addA message, twere that Rome can never beWithout me. I… … Death of Raphael Morgari Raphael. Outlast that bit of canvas. Let the light in.Theres the Ritonda waiting patientlyMy coming. Angelo has built his chapeIn Santa Croce, that his eyes may opeOn San Filippo s Duomo. I would see—What think you?—Neither Dome, nor Giottos shaft,Nor yon stern Pantheons…
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