. Florence in poetry, history and art . Courtyard of t lit Bargello, Florence. Bargello, Florence The Saints. up to pleasure; nor among the covetous mer-chants, albeit intent on his gains, did he put histrust in money and treasure. For there wasdivinely implanted in the heart of the youngFrancis a certain generous compassion towardthe poor, the which, growing up with him frominfancy, had so filled his heart with kindlinessthat, when he came to be no deaf hearer of theGospel, he was minded to give unto all thatasked of him, in especially if they pleaded thelove of God.—From the Life of St. Fran

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. Florence in poetry, history and art . Courtyard of t lit Bargello, Florence. Bargello, Florence The Saints. up to pleasure; nor among the covetous mer-chants, albeit intent on his gains, did he put histrust in money and treasure. For there wasdivinely implanted in the heart of the youngFrancis a certain generous compassion towardthe poor, the which, growing up with him frominfancy, had so filled his heart with kindlinessthat, when he came to be no deaf hearer of theGospel, he was minded to give unto all thatasked of him, in especially if they pleaded thelove of God.—From the Life of St. Francis,by St. Bonaventura. 1 Between Tupino, and the wave that fallsFrom blest Ubaldos chosen hill, there hangsEich slope of mountain high, whence heat and coldAre wafted through Perugias eastern gate;And Nocera with Gualdo, in its rear,Mourn for their heavy yoke. Upon that side,Where it doth break its steepness most, aroseA sun [Francis] upon the world, as duly thisFrom Ganges doth; therefore let none, who speakOf that place, say Ascesi [Assisi]; for its nameWere lamely so

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