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 Unbelievably passionateBy WallietheThird A Romantic's Passion: The Tenth Muse The unrivaled lyrical styling's of author, Valentinno so eloquently capture the images, words and phrases of 18th century romance in this beautiful love story. I was so caught up in the pages of this book it made me feel like I was actually in another time and place. Valentinno's writing is so unbelievably passionate it's like he possesses the DNA of every classic romantic poet all rolled up in one. I cannot highly recommend this book enough!! It is truly epic!

 Emotional journeyBy Latoya Brown A Romantic's Passion: The Tenth Muse A Romantic's Passion the Tenth Muse is an emotional and inspiring journey of true love. The kind of love that most of us only dream about finding one day, or only see in the movies.

But this book brings hope that it does exist due to it is based on a true story about a poet and the heat of his passion for his muse.

The book is filled with remarkable romantic poems, and love letters that the author has written to his muse through the years. I especially like that Valentinno shares his thoughts about his muse in private journal entries he has published in this brilliant work of romance.

It is amazing how the author put this book together and actually shared his real life romantic experience of love with his readers. It is a wonderful tribute to his muse, and that's what I call a true romantic...a man writing an entire book about his woman to tell the entire world how much he loves her.

Heavens exile has sent me fourth, banished! Cast out from admits the stars to wander the gravel beds of the earth in black. He whom seared my saffron wings had crossed me from sainthood to a mortal breathing sinner. As darkness breathes out, telling the twelve hour to midnight.
There I found myself alone in the desolate shadows, as venomous storms of wind, and thunder turned this earth to ash; where blood shed out of lakes of fire from the watery eyes of the moons eclipse. I have never seen more evil than the pain’s and torments that hell can hold in this cursed land.
The very sight of it can only more exhibit the paintings of my Fears that brush my face. I would soon rather see what dreams await me in the cold bed of death then look upon the savage glamour of this decayed rural prison. but since time has pause with no clock to bring count to my existence;
with immortality as my former I shall count the days and sullied nights till my untimely demise. I take those faults and crimes upon that brought me to this middle realm of judicious punishment, when I once lost my good path and those righteous angels were my judge.
But as I seek my travels I greet a dark castle standing, among the valley baring a maze of towing greens that shaped my heart with fear. There a statue structured in fleshy bone and blood, was built upon the graves of brave men who once dared to pass through natures wandering evil.
I look upon this statue of darkness for which decades it has stood, guarding a bloody stone path leading to a summit of a cliff as high as heaven, presenting a ridge, unsteady of wood and rope. With reason unexplained it set my travels forth with harm undone upon this perilous night.
And last in breath my soul turns to deaths grim face to stare-down his deep black eyes to push forward that bridge which none had ever crossed alive nor returned, and there I faced my fear no more the heart, and calm in breath.
I bare that crossing and much behold my life’s account over a devouring abyss, and escaped that bridges fatal wounds and made my way to the other side. There I approached a forest green, dark, haunting, with silence over long.

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 Really Arouses Romantic PassionBy Edward NewgateA Romantic's Passion: The Tenth MuseBy Valentinno Buy at amazon When I first bought this book based on reviews, I had very high expectations on the book and it lived up to them. Wonderful poems, letters and pictures. Truly revives that Romeo spirit in you again and helps you find a love / appreciate love ....Good book, must read due to the cool wordings and poems

To her own lips my own kisses sinfair desire bounds my heart in sweet division and do upon love’s altar true my dear angel has found her fame in heaven. 
The wings of night sleep with endymion and by words or vow two bodies are interchanged and in exchange for her sweet loves joy. When promised, I swear by the golden bow of the moon;
That in amity, faithfulness, and adoration, I will keep my holy oath unbroken.With mouth to breath I kiss her diving eyes like a righteous veiling star in long bright fane, sparkling in their everlasting orbs.
Where those goliath rays move the deep night, O’ those rays that her cloud gazing eyes infuse in me as pure as unpainted virtue.She draws in the whirlwinds of passion that shake the velvet buds with beauties might.
Copyright (C) Valentinno 2012
 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great compilation of beautiful poetry  A Romantic's Passion: The Tenth Muse

By lfostermom



I borrowed this book from a friend because she told me that I just HAD to read it. This book is compilation of poetry and photos by Valentinno, a native of Queens, NY who is a master of putting his love and passion for his muse onto paper. This book is a little hard to describe, because I don't think my words can really do it justice. It's a fairly large collection of romantic poems that are just magnificent. Romantics will eat this book up and non-romantics may be romantics after reading this. The easiest way for me to describe this book is to simply say that it makes me want a man to love me half as much as Valentinno loves his muse.