Let not my love be call'd idolatry
Language: English
Let not my love be call'd idolatry,
Nor my beloved as an idol show,
Since all alike my songs and praises be
To one, of one, still such, and ever so.
Kind is my love to-day, to-morrow kind,
Still constant in a wondrous excellence;
Therefore my verse to constancy confin'd,
One thing expressing, leaves out difference.
'Fair, kind, and true,' is all my argument,
'Fair, kind, and true,' varying to other words;
And in this change is my invention spent,
Three themes in one, which wondrous scope affords.
Fair, kind, and true, have often liv'd alone,
Which three till now, never kept seat in one.
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Di idolatria il mio amore non sia...
Language: Italian (Italiano) after the English
Di idolatria il mio amore non sia accusato
né sia considerato un idolo il suo oggetto,
se è sempre uguale ogni verso a lui dedicato
per lui solo lodare, e ancora e sempre a lui solo diretto.
Sempre gentile è il mio amore, oggi e domani pure
rimane costante e degno di ammirazione,
per questo il mio verso, si limita a ripetere
lo stesso contenuto senza una variazione.
“Bellezza, Bontà e Virtù” sono l’unico argomento
”Bellezza, Bontà e Virtù”, muta solo il racconto,
e in questo mutar di parole impegno il mio talento
raggruppare tre temi in uno soltanto.
”Bellezza, Bontà e Virtù” da sole sono state spesso
mai, però, si sono trovate riunite in un solo soggetto.
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