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by Giambattista Marino (1569 - 1625)

A quest'olmo, a quest'ombre
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
A quest'olmo, a quest'ombre, ed a quest'onde,
ove per uso ancor torno sovente,
eterno i' deggio, ed avrò sempre in mente,
quest'antro, questa selva e questa fronde.

In voi sol, felici acque, amiche sponde,
il mio passato ben quasi presente
Amor mi mostra e del mio foco ardente
tra le viostre fresch'aure i semi asconde.

Qui di quel lieto dì soave riede
la rimembranza allor che la mia Clori
torna in dono se stessa e 'l cor mi diede;

già spirar sento erbette intorno e fiori,
ovunque o fermi il guardo o mova il piede,
dell'antiche dolcezze ancor gli odori.

Text Authorship:

  • by Giambattista Marino (1569 - 1625) [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 Claudio Monteverdi (1567 - 1643), "A quest'olmo, a quest'ombre", published 1619 [vocal sextet], from Libro VII de madrigali, no. 3, concertato [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-09-04
Line count: 14
Word count: 100

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