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Chapter II

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Fu stupor, fu vaghezza, fu diletto!
“Gerusal.
Lib.,” cant. ii. xxi.
(“Desire it was, ‘t was wonder, ‘t was delight.”
Wiffen’s Translation.)
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Zanoni

Chapter II

Reading 1/29 · 5 reading units · Lines 1–5

Line 1
Fu stupor, fu vaghezza, fu diletto!
Line 2
“Gerusal.
Line 3
Lib.,” cant. ii. xxi.
Line 4
(“Desire it was, ‘t was wonder, ‘t was delight.”
Line 5
Wiffen’s Translation.)
All words in this reading · 17

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cant

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From this reading Lib.,” cant. ii. xxi.

delight

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From this reading (“Desire it was, ‘t was wonder, ‘t was delight.”

Desire

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diletto

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From this reading Fu stupor, fu vaghezza, fu diletto!

Fu

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From this reading Fu stupor, fu vaghezza, fu diletto!

Gerusal

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From this reading “Gerusal.

ii

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From this reading Lib.,” cant. ii. xxi.

itpronounUS /ɪt/

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading (“Desire it was, ‘t was wonder, ‘t was delight.”

Lib

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From this reading Lib.,” cant. ii. xxi.

stupor

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From this reading Fu stupor, fu vaghezza, fu diletto!

t

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From this reading (“Desire it was, ‘t was wonder, ‘t was delight.”

Translation

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From this reading Wiffen’s Translation.)

vaghezza

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From this reading Fu stupor, fu vaghezza, fu diletto!

wasauxiliary verbUS /wɑːz/

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading (“Desire it was, ‘t was wonder, ‘t was delight.”

Wiffen's

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From this reading Wiffen’s Translation.)

wonder

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From this reading (“Desire it was, ‘t was wonder, ‘t was delight.”

xxi

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From this reading Lib.,” cant. ii. xxi.