As a decrepit father takes delight
Language: English
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As a decrepit father takes delight
To see his active child do deeds of youth,
So I, made lame by Fortune's dearest spite,
Take all my comfort of thy worth and truth;
For whether beauty, birth, or wealth, or wit,
Or any of these all, or all, or more,
Entitled in thy parts, do crowned sit,
I make my love engrafted, to this store:
So then I am not lame, poor, nor despis'd,
Whilst that this shadow doth such substance give
That I in thy abundance am suffic'd,
And by a part of all thy glory live.
Look what is best, that best I wish in thee:
This wish I have; then ten times happy me!
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Come un padre decrepito trova diletto
Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the English
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Come un padre decrepito trova diletto
delle giovanili prodezze del suo vivace figlio,
così io, storpiato dalla Sorte con rancoroso dispetto,
in tua sincerità e virtù conforto piglio;
E poiché, fascino, natali, ricchezza e intelletto
tutti o ciascuno di questi, o altre doti pure,
ti stanno regalmente attorno a buon diritto,
a tutto questo tesoro infondo il mio amore.
E più non mi sento storpio, povero o disprezzato,
fintanto che queste doti tue mi danno ristoro
ché dalla tua ricchezza mi sento appagato
e vivo dell'ombra di tutto il tuo splendore.
In te io desidero ciò che più di ogni altra cosa piace:
E ciò che voglio, possiedo; io, dieci volte felice.
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This text was added to the website: 2011-09-19
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