by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)
Ben veggio di lontano il dolce lume
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Ben veggio di lontano il dolce lume ove per aspre vie mi sproni e giri, ma non ho, come tu, da volar piume. Assai contenti lasci i miei desiri, Purché ben desiando i mi consume, né le dispiaccia che per lei sospiri.
Text Authorship:
- by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , no. 163 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Maddalena Casulana (c1544 - c1590), "Ben veggio di lontano il dolce lume", published 1583 [ 5 voices ], Venice : Angelo Gardano,
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
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