The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leav… - Pietro Metastasio

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The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower.

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Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi (January 3, 1698 – April 12, 1782), better known by his pseudonym of Metastasio, was an Italian poet and librettist, considered the most important writer of opera seria libretti.

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Alternative Names: Metastasio • Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi • Pietro Antonio Trapassi Gallastri • Pietro Antonio Domenico Buonaventura Metastasio • Pedro Metastase • Pietro Metastase • Antonio Domenico Bonaventura Trapassi • Pietro Trapassi • Pedro Metastasio • Pedro Matastasio

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Fra l' ombre un lampo solo
Basta al nocchier fugace
Che già ritrova il polo,
Già riconosce il mar.
Al pellegrin ben spesso
Basta un vestigio impresso,
Perchè la via fallace
Non l'abbia ad ingannar.

D'ogni pianta palesa l'aspetto
Il difetto, che il tronco nasconde
Per le fronde, dal frutto, o dal fior.

If our inward griefs were seen written on our brow, how many would be pitied who are now envied!

The canker which the trunk conceals is revealed by the leaves, the fruit, or the flower. - Pietro Metastasio

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