In what a narrow circuit, among what abandoned solitudes yo… - Torquato Tasso

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In what a narrow circuit, among what
abandoned solitudes your fame lies bound!
Amid vast seas your island earth is shut,
though "vast" or "ocean", or what words resound
to name that sea, are idle names and fond,
for what it is: a shallow bog, a pond.

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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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Hor, non sai tu, com'è fatta la donna?
Fugge, e fuggendo vuol, che altri la giunga;
Niega, e negando vuol, ch'altri si toglia;
Pugna, e pugnando vuol, ch'altri la vinca.

Mankind's great adversary.

Il gran nemico dell'umane genti.

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