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87 | to drink sweet wormwood in the torments. | ||||||
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88 | 'With her devoted prayers and with her sighs, | ||||||
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89 | she plucked me from the slope where one must wait | ||||||
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90 | and freed me from the other circles. | ||||||
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91 | 'So much more precious and beloved of God | ||||||
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92 | is my dear widow, whom I greatly loved, | ||||||
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93 | the more she is alone in her good works. | ||||||
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94 | 'For the Barbagia of Sardegna | ||||||
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96 | than does that Barbagia where I left her. | ||||||
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