WorkGiordano Bruno

“Daedalia vacuis plumas nectere humeris”

Giordano Bruno (1548–1600) · c. 1600, printed in Coleridge, Literary Remains, 1836

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Journal December 1836

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“The following ode was written by Giordano Bruno, under prospect of that martyrdom which he soon after suffered at Rome, for atheism: that is, as is proved by all his works, for a lofty and enlightened piety… / 'Dædalias vacuis plumas nectere humeris / Concupiant alii…”

Fuller, Margaret. "Journal December 1836." Houghton Library, Harvard University; MS Am 1086; Box 3.

The ode is attributed to Bruno (1548–1600), the Italian philosopher burned for heresy in Rome.