Luigi Pulci

thumb| Luigi Pulci (15 August 1432 – 11 November 1484) was an Italian diplomat and poet best known for his Morgante, an epic and parodistic poem about a giant who is converted to Christianity by Orlando and follows the knight in many adventures. Quotes Know that this theory is false; his bark The daring mariner shall urge far o'er The western wave, a smooth and level plain, Albeit the earth is fashion'd like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set, The dullest seaboat soon shall wing her way. Men shall descry another hemisphere, Since to one common centre all things tend; So earth, by curious mystery divine Well balanced, hangs amid the starry spheres. At our Antipodes are cities, states, And thronged empires, ne'er divined of yore. But see, the Sun speeds on his western path To glad the nations with expected light. Il Morgante Maggiore (1485), canto 25, sts. 229, 230 "Italian Narrative Poetry", North American Review, no. 45 (October, 1824), pp. 349–50 External links Category:Poets from Italy Category:Diplomats of Italy Category:People from Florence Category:1432 births Category:1484 deaths