The Author beginneth his Hypnerotomachi, to set downe the hower and time when in his sleepe it seemed to him that hee was in a quiet solitaire desart, and uninhabited plaine, and from thence afterward how he entered unaduisedly before was aware, with great feare, into a darke obscure and unfrequented wood.
Friday, August 29, 2014
First Lines: Francesco Colonna - Hypnerotomachia Poliphili
The Author beginneth his Hypnerotomachi, to set downe the hower and time when in his sleepe it seemed to him that hee was in a quiet solitaire desart, and uninhabited plaine, and from thence afterward how he entered unaduisedly before was aware, with great feare, into a darke obscure and unfrequented wood.
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