Torquato Tasso (March 11 1544 – April 25 1595) was an Italian epic poet and dramatist, best known for his Rinaldo (1562), Aminta (1573) and Gerusalemme Liberata (1580).
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Thus if just once you tasted the thousandth part of joy's flavor, savor from a loving and beloved heart, repentently you'd say: "Lost is all that time I didn't spend in love!"
Her peasant garments cannot hide the light of noble soul, her nature high and grand, and all her queenly majesty shines bright in every act her humble chores demand.
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The other's glory seems to make him prey to shame, as though reproached for coward fear.
Cosí furon disciolti. Aventuroso ben veramente fu d'Olindo il fato, ch'atto poté mostrar che 'n generoso petto al fine ha d'amore amor destato. Va dal rogo a le nozze; ed è già sposo fatto di reo, non pur d'amante amato. Volse con lei morire: ella non schiva, poi che seco non muor, che seco viva.