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ived,And now he still holds it among the stars ofheaven. Dante, commenting upon the epitaph in thei i Purgatorio, says: O powers of man! how vain thy glory, niptE en in its height of verdure, if an ageLess bright succeed not. Cimabue thoughtTo lord it over paintings field; and nowThe cry is… … The Artists and the Churches. made in the Bargello, as an illustration of thegreat poem. He so handed down the poets face to pos-terity. It is the profile we see copied so exten-sively in Florence, as elsewhere. Mrs. Browning, from her Casa Guidi Win-dows, continues: Yet rightly was young Giotto…
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