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Most magnificent and honored bride, my lady I gaze upon you:
Since I left Piacenza, I can honestly say that I am far away from my life. Oh, how can I live, and how can I hold up my limbs when I am so…
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Honorata Foa, Salamone Candia
Places:
Ferrara, Papal States (Ferrara, Italy)
Date:
ca. 1590
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Although a beautiful shock of golden hair swings across her forehead
And love finds nourishment in her eyes
The chaste Susannah never strays from the right path
And harbors not one thought without…
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Devorà Ascarelli
Places:
Rome, Papal States (Rome, Italy)
Date:
16th Century
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Please listen to my words,
Wise, honest, and beautiful women
For my riddle is complete:
Against your faithful crew [of women]
Old men
Raise your shame to the stars
While I protect you,
Defend you…
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Judah Sommo
Places:
Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)
Date:
1577
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O peerless beauty, veil your hair, lest you play havoc with the world, without lifting a finger! They are famous throughout the world, they ring in the ears of all who hear of them. The weakest…
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Judah Zarco
Places:
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (Istanbul, Turkey)
Date:
1560
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It was an afternoon in the middle of April when the accident occurred. The year was a leap year, rainy and warm, and on that summery spring day in the commune he had already been given the job of…
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Yosef Haim Brenner
Places:
Tel Aviv, Mandate Palestine (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Date:
1920
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[The first act is set in Tuscany in September. The second and third acts are set in Rome in January.]
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Sabatino Lopez
Places:
Kingdom of Italy (Italy, Italy)
Date:
1904
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Houses hold virgins
The doors on the chain
‘Plumb streets with hearts’
‘Bore curtains with eyes’
Virgins without dots
Stare beyond probability
See the men pass
Their hats are not ours
We …
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Mina Loy
Places:
Florence, Kingdom of Italy (Florence, Italy)
Date:
1914
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Clothing is an art, and it requires talent from women and men alike. This talent, however, is innate to people. It is a talent that every woman and every man can develop by observing…
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Tashrak (Yisroel Yosef Zevin)
Places:
New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)
Date:
1912
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Listen, my friends, pay attention!
Be silent, do not restrain me,
Nor say, “That fellow Amīānā’s been unfaithful,
His heart and tongue in two directions pull;
If not, why did he leave his native…
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Amīnā
Places:
Kashan, Ottoman Empire (Kashan, Iran)
Date:
First Half of the 18th Century
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We shall live in the shade of the graceful doe and, living there, shall be sustained. We shall walk through darkness by her light, with never-ending joy. When she laughs, we will burst into song; when…
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David Onkinerah
Places:
Salonika, Ottoman Empire (Thessaloniki, Greece)
Date:
16th Century