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When first I conned the somber beauty of
His song, I longed to tune my new-strung lyre
And catch the wondrous harmony and fireЧ
Whose endless fuel was brave Petrarch's love
Of Laura sweetЧthat I might somehow prove
Another Laura quite so loved. O, dire
The effort! When did Boldness so aspire,
Or tree-frog try to imitate the dove?

Alas, I've Petrarch's message in my heart
And am a moody lover day and night
E'er breathing halting prose for poesy
And making putty ape the marbled art:
O, sweet, sad master of a death delight
For such fond sorrow I'd unhappy be!

Pippo then next day called at the house of the Signora Dorothee. As soon as he
found himself alone with her, he placed his sonnet in the illustrious lady's
lap, saying, "For your friend." The Signora at first appeared surprised, then
she read the verses, and vowed she would never show them to any one. But Pippo
only laughed, and as he was sure of the contrary, he left, assuring her he felt
no uneasiness regarding the matter.
CHAPTER IV
NEVERTHELESS, he lived through the following week in great trouble, but this
trouble was not without its charms. He remained at home and did not dare, so to
speak, to stir up Fortune for fear of affecting it. In this he was wiser than
one usually is, at his age, for he was only twenty-five, and the impatience of
youth will often make us overreach ourselves in attempting too quickly to
achieve our desires. Fortune wishes us to help ourselves and to know when the
time is ripe: for, according to Napoleon's saying, she is a woman. But, for this
very reason, she wishes to appear to grant that which is snatched from her, and
she must be given time to open her hand.
It was on the ninth day, toward evening, that the capricious goddess knocked at
the young man's door, and not for nothing, as you shall see. He went down and
opened the door himself. The negress was on the step and held in her hand a
rose, which she held to Pippo's lips.
"Kiss this flower," she said. "It carries a kiss from my mistress. Can she come
and see you in safety?"
"It would be very imprudent," answered Pippo, "if she came in daylight. My
servants could not help seeing her. Is it possible for her to go out in the
evening?"
"No. Who would dare to in her place? She can neither go out in the evening, nor
allow you to call on her."
"Then she must consent to go elsewhere, to some spot I will mention."
"No, she wishes to come here. See if you can not arrange it."
Pippo reflected for a few moments. "Can your mistress rise early?" he asked the
negress.
"At the same hour as the sun."
"Well, listen. I generally get up very late, consequently every one sleeps to a
late hour. If your mistress can come at daybreak I will await her, and she can