by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Che legge spietata!
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Che legge spietata! che sorte crudele! d’un’alma piagata, d’un core fedele servire, soffrire, tacere e penar. Se poi l’infelice domanda mercede si sprezza, si dice che troppo richiede, che impari ad amar.
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- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Catone in Utica [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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