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Ecco felici amanti ecco Imeneo, già scende. Già la sua face accende, spiega il purpureo vel. Ecco a recar sen viene le amabili catene a voi per man de' numi già fabbricate in ciel.
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Confirmed with Achille in Sciro, by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi, Vienna, van Ghelen, 1736, lines 1232-1239.
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- by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Achille in Sciro [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- ENG English (Andrew Schneider) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2019-11-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 34
Hymen now descends! Behold him, happy lovers! His face is all afire as he reveals his purple veil. He comes to render unto you the beloved chains that godly hands have since made in heaven.
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- a text in Italian (Italiano) by Pietro Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi (1698 - 1782), as Pietro Metastasio, no title, appears in Achille in Sciro
This text was added to the website: 2020-01-20
Line count: 8
Word count: 35