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Che mai risponderti, che dir potrei? Vorrei difendermi, fuggir vorrei; né so qual fulmine mi fa tremar. Divenni stupida nel colpo atroce. Non ho più lagrime; non ho più voce; non posso piangere; non so parlar.
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- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Demofoonte [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Text added to the website: 2018-06-16 00:00:00
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Word count: 36
How ever shall I respond, what could I say to you? I would defend myself, I would rather flee, but some unknown lightning bolt causes me to tremble. This atrocious blow has robbed me of my senses. I have no more tears, no more voice, I can neither weep nor speak.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Demofoonte
Text added to the website: 2020-01-05 00:00:00
Last modified: 2020-01-05 23:54:05
Line count: 12
Word count: 51