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Morte col fiero aspetto orror per me non ha, s’io posso in libertà morir sul trono mio, dove regnai. L’anima uscir dal petto libera spera ognor, sin dalle fasce ancor sì nobile desio meco portai.
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The proud face of death holds no horror for me if I may die in freedom on my throne, where I reigned. My soul hopes every day for freedom from my breast; ever since I was in swaddling clothes I have kept within me this noble desire.
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