by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374)
Ite caldi sospiri See original
Language: Italian (Italiano)
Ite, caldi sospiri, al freddo core,
rompete il ghiaccio che Pietà contende,
et se prego mortale al ciel s’intende,
morte o mercé sia fine al mio dolore.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Robert Jones (flourished 1597-1615), "Ite caldi sospiri", 1609, stanza 1, from A Musical Dreame or Fourth Booke of Ayres
Text Authorship:
- by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 153
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