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by Francesco Maria Piave (1810 - 1876)

Oh, de' verd'anni miei
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Gran dio! costor sui sepolcrali marmi  
affilano il pugnal per trucidarmi!...
Scettri!... dovizie!... onori!...
bellezza!... gioventù!... che siete voi?
Cimbe natanti sopra il mar degl'anni,
cui l'onda batte d'incessanti affanni,
finché giunto allo scoglio della tomba
con voi nel nulla il nome vostro piomba!
 
Oh, de' verd'anni miei    
sogni e bugiarde larve,
se troppo vi credei,
l'incanto ora disparve.
S'ora chiamato sono
al più sublime trono,
della virtù com'aquila
sui vanni m'alzerò,
e vincitor de' secoli
il nome mio farò.

Text Authorship:

  • by Francesco Maria Piave (1810 - 1876) [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 Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901), "Oh, de' verd'anni miei", 1844, first performed 1844. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-05-31
Line count: 18
Word count: 80

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