Meo Abbracciavacca () was an Italian poet from

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who died in 1313.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti (12 May 1828 – 9 April 1882), generally known as Dante Gabriel Rossetti ( ; ), was an English poet, illustrator, painter, translator, and member of the Rossetti family. He founded the Pre-Raphaelite Brother ...

translated two of Abbracciavacca's poems into English in his work titled ''The Early Italian Poets From Ciullo D'Alcamo to Dante Alighieri (1100-1200-1300)'': ''Canzone. He will be silent and watchful in his Love'' (translation of original Italian verse starting "''Madonna, vostra altera canoscenza''") and ''Ballatta. His Life is by Contraries'' (translation of verse starting "''Per lunga dimoranza''").

Selected extracts

(first stanza as printed on page 5 of ''Poeti del primo secolo della lingua italianna in due volumi raccolti'' by Lodovico Valeriani and Urbano Lampredi, 1816)

References

External links

Meo Abbracciavacca, da Pistoia. “Ballata. His Life is by Contraries.”
by

Madonna vostra altera canoscenza
English translation by

Poeti del primo secolo della lingua italiana in due volumi raccolti
containing Italian verses collected and published in 1816 13th-century Italian poets 1313 deaths Italian male poets People from Pistoia Year of birth unknown {{italy-poet-stub