The ‘In Memoriam’ of Italy: A Century of Sonnets from the Poems of Vittoria Colonna

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The ‘In Memoriam’ of Italy: A Century of Sonnets from the Poems of Vittoria Colonna

work by Colonna

Also known as: “Rime spirituali”

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In Vittoria Colonna
…that have been collected as Rime spirituali (1882) and in other volumes. She also wrote much religious poetry.
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