His death cast a gloom over Italy.

Princes and people were growing uneasy with the presentiment of impending disaster; and now the only man who by his diplomatical sagacity could maintain the balance of power had been taken from them.

To his friends and dependants in Florence the loss appeared irreparable.

Poliziano poured forth his sorrow in a Latin threnody of touching and simple beauty.
Two years later both he and Pico della Mirandola followed their master to the grave.

Marsilio Ficino passed away in 1499; and a friend of his asserted that the sage's ghost appeared to him.