A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Orlandine, Emilia of Siena
ORLANDINE, EMILIA OF SIENA,
Flourished in 1726. One of her sonnets is very celebrated—"Love is a Great Folly." It would seem that the poetess felt, in the depths of her soul, this bitter truth. She has left many poems, full of energy and sentiment, which are dispersed in various collections.