Ah, cruel Love! What is the reason why You seldom make our … - Ludovico Ariosto

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Ah, cruel Love! What is the reason why
You seldom make our longings correspond?
How is it, traitor, you rejoice to spy
Two hearts discordant, one repelled, one fond?

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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Alternative Names: Lodovico Ariost • Lodovico Ariosto • Ariosto

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Ben s'ode il ragionar, si vede il volto,
Ma dentro il petto mal giudicar possi.

She who can stand against an armament
Of gold and silver and still pure remain,
Would find a thousand swords' attack less dire
A peril, or survive in raging fire.

Che ben pigliar nel crin la buona sorte
Carlo sapea, quando volgea la faccia.

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