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

Recitar è una miseria
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Recitar è una miseria  
parte buffa o parte seria.
Là s'inquieta un cicisbeo
per un guanto o per un neo.
Qua dispiace a un delicato
il vestito mal tagliato:
uno dice: «Mi stordisce»;
l'altro: «Quando la finisce?»
E nel meglio in un cantone,
decidendo, un mio padrone
si diverte a mormorar.
Se da un uomo più discreto
un di quei ripreso viene,
che non tagli, che stia cheto,
gli risponde, e dice bene:
«Signor mio, non v'è riparo:
io qui spendo il mio denaro;
voglio dir quel che mi par.»

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  • by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, appears in L'impresario delle Isole Canarie [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website: 2018-07-30
Line count: 18
Word count: 90

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