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An excerpt from the first sonnet of “La Vita Nuova,” by Dante Alighieri (read by Eric Robert Nolan)

This is not the complete sonnet. Neither is it necessarily the best translation of Dante’s original words.  It is merely one of the more direct and literal translations that one can find online (and it’s therefore easy to read). Fans of Ridley Scott’s “Hannibal” (2000) might recognize this as being featured in the film.

 

An excerpt from W. H. Auden’s “Hunting Season,” read by Eric Robert Nolan

This is only 20 seconds long; it consists of just one stanza from Auden’s poem.  Despite their brevity, however, I think that these few lines comprise one of the greatest breakup poems ever.