by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio
Al tuo sangue io son crudele
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Al tuo sangue io son crudele per serbarti fedeltà. Quando vuol d'un re l'affanno per sua pace un reo trafitto, è virtù l'esser tiranno e delitto è la pietà.
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- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in Siroe, re di Persia, first published 1727 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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