And in that place the cruel tyrant, Love, Who treacherously… - Ludovico Ariosto

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And in that place the cruel tyrant, Love,
Who treacherously every promise breaks,
Who bides his time and watches every move,
And every chance to thwart true lovers takes.

Ludovico Ariosto

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Ludovico Ariosto (8 September 1474 – 6 July 1533) was an Italian poet, author of the epic poem Orlando Furioso (1516), "Orlando Enraged".

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So ben ch'in tutto il gran femineo stuolo
Una non è che stia contenta a un solo.

In mura, in tetti, in pavimenti sparte
Eran le perle, eran le ricche gemme.

Chi va lontan da la sua patria, vede
Cose, da quel che già credea, lontane;
Che narrandole poi, non se gli crede,
E stimato bugiardo ne rimane.

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