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What will the stream become in its lengthened course, if it be so turbid at its source?

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

Del terreno nel concavo seno
Vasto incendio se bolle ristretto,
A dispetto del carcere indegno,
Con più sdegno gran strada si fa.
Fugge allora; ma, intanto che fugge,
Crolla, abbatte, sovverte, distrugge
Piani, monti, foreste e città.

Il torre altrui la vita È facoltà commune Al più vil della terra; il darla è solo De' Numi, e de' Regnanti.

What will the stream become in its lengthened course, if it be so turbid at its source? - Pietro Metastasio

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