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Title: The God of Love

Author: Justin Huntly McCarthy

Release Date: February 23, 2008 [EBook #24672]

Language: English

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THE
GOD OF LOVE

BY

JUSTIN HUNTLY McCARTHY

AUTHOR OF

"THE GORGEOUS BORGIA" "SERAPHICA"
"IF I WERE KING" ETC.

"The God of Love--ah, _Benedicite_,
How mighty and how great a lord is he!"
--CHAUCER.

NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
MCMIX

Copyright, 1909, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

_All rights reserved_

Published October, 1909.

TO

JUSTIN McCARTHY

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. THE MAY-DAY QUEEN 1
II. A CHILD AND A CHILD 28
III. VITTORIA 46
IV. THE WORDS OF THE IMAGE 54
V. ONE WAY WITH A QUARREL 66
VI. LOVER AND LASS 80
VII. CONCERNING POETRY 92
VIII. MONNA VITTORIA SENDS ME A MESSAGE 108
IX. MADONNA VITTORIA SOUNDS A WARNING 120
X. THE DEVILS OF AREZZO 131
XI. MESSER FOLCO'S FESTIVAL 138
XII. DANTE READS RHYMES 144
III. GO-BETWEENS 164
XIV. MESSER SIMONE SPOILS SPORT 176
XV. A SPY IN THE NIGHT 190
XVI. THE TALK OF LOVERS 204
XVII. A STRANGE BETROTHAL 215
XVIII. A WORD FOR MESSER SIMONE 225
XIX. THE RIDE IN THE NIGHT 243
XX. THE FIGHT WITH THOSE OF AREZZO 256
XXI. MALEOTT