His guilelessness was more than touching; it was admirable as an example and as a lesson, in an age that honors knowledge of the world beyond its deserts; and his simplicity of nature, his trustingness, his ingenuousness, rendered him a confiding friend, dear to those whose hearts were sore.
"Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890"
Octavius Brooks Frothingham
Lastly, the singular and indignant strength of his execution often makes up for the trustingness that he was sorry to miss.
"Stories from the Italian Poets: With Lives of the Writers, Vol. 2"
Leigh Hunt