Dante Alighieri

My lady carries love within her eyes;All that she looks on is made pleasanter;

I launched her with my small remaining bandand, putting out to sea, we set the main

For certain he hath seen all perfectnessWho among other ladies hath seen mine:

Love and the gentle heart are one same thing,Even as the wise man in his ditty saith.

Midway upon the journey of our lifeI found myself within a forest dark,

Love and the gentle heart are one thing,just as the poet says in his verse,