by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio

Guarda se pria in questa fronte
 (Sung text for setting by G. Händel)
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Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Our translations:  ENG
Guarda pria se in questa fronte
trovi scritto alcun delitto
e dirai che la mia sorte
desta invidia e non pietà.

Bella prova è d'alma forte
L'esser placida e serena
Nel soffrir l'ingiusta pena
D'una colpa che non ha.

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Research team for this page: Alberto Pedrotti , Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 39