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Di tempo in tempo mi si fa men dura l'angelica figura e 'l dolce riso, et l'aria del bel viso e de gli occhi leggiadri meno oscura. Che fanno meco omai questi sospiri che nascean di dolore et mostravan di fore la mia angosciosa et desperata vita? S' aven che 'l volto in quella parte giri per acquetare il core, parmi veder Amore mantener mia ragione et darmi aita. Né però trovo ancor guerra finita né tranquillo ogni stato del cor mio, ché più m'arde 'l desio. quanto più la speranza m'assicura.
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- by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 149 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Johann Friedrich Reichardt (1752 - 1814), "Di tempo in tempo mi si fa men dura" [sung text checked 1 time]
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- ENG English (A. S. Kline) , no title, copyright © 2002, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Barbara Miller
This text was added to the website: 2007-04-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 92
From time to time they are less harsh to me the angelic figure and the sweet smile, and the expression on her face and the charming eyes are less dark. What have these sighs now to do with me which were born of grief and served to show my anguish and my desperate life? If I turn my look that way to quiet my heart, I see Love with me arguing my case, and giving aid: yet I still see no end to my war, nor any tranquil state in my heart, since my desire blazes out the more, the more hope should reassure me.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Francesco Petrarca (1304 - 1374), no title, appears in Canzoniere (Rerum vulgarium fragmenta) , in 1. Rime In vita di Madonna Laura, no. 149
This text was added to the website: 2015-03-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 105