by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Io son padre e nol sarei
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Available translation(s): ENG
Io son padre e nol sarei, se lasciassi a’ figli miei un esempio di viltà. Come ogn’altro ho core in petto; ma vassallo è in me l’affetto; ma tiranno in voi si fa.
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- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Attilio Regolo [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , "I am a father, and I would not be one", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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