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

Opprimete i contumaci
Language: Italian (Italiano) 
Opprimete i contumaci,
son gli sdegni allor permessi;
ma infierir contro gli oppressi!
Quest'è un barbaro piacer.
 
Non v'è trace in mezzo a' Traci
sì crudel che non risparmi
quel meschin che getta l'armi,
che si rende prigionier.

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