With fortunate misfortune, kindly wrath, Heaven's light las… - Torquato Tasso

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With fortunate misfortune, kindly wrath,
Heaven's light lash now punishes your black
and foolish sin, and makes of your soul's weal
yourself the minister.

Torquato Tasso

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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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Alternative Names: Torcuato Tasso

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And on the flowers
The plenteous spring a thousand streams down pours.

Alfin s'invecchia amore Senza quest' arti, e divien pigro e lento, Quasi destrier che men veloce corra, Se non ha chilo segua, o chi 'l precorra.

Difesa miglior, ch'usbergo e scudo,
È la santa innocenza al petto ignudo.

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