Pietà, 1498-99
Michelangelo (Italy 1475 -1564)
Marble, 174 cm x 195 cm
Basilica di San Pietro
Vatican

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PIETA

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Michelangelo:

How could you have known that day

The boulder before you

Held such Glory?

How could you tell

That from that single block

What was there waiting?

Did your eyes see where others failed?

Did your hammer know where to strike?

Did your chisel tremble just a little

Before the fisrt blow?

How could you know

That, from hidden deep within,

They would appear to you;

That you alone could release Them

For the world to worship?

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Nancy Bradberry (American)

Saint Andrews Review, n. 36, 1989

Laurinsburg, NC

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