Se a ciascun l'interno affanno Si leggesse in fronte scritt… - Pietro Metastasio

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Se a ciascun l'interno affanno
Si leggesse in fronte scritto,
Quanti mai, che invidia fanno,
Ci farebbero pietà!

Pietro Metastasio

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About Pietro Metastasio

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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Pen Names: Artino Corasio

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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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.

Quell' onda, che ruina
Dalla pendice alpina,
Balza, si frange, e mormora
Ma limpida si fa.

Se a ciascun l'interno affanno Si leggesse in fronte scritto, Quanti mai, che invidia fanno, Ci farebbero pietà! - Pietro Metastasio

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