Torquato Tasso – Rhyme XLIV
Piero della Francesca, The Nativity (detail), c. 1470 Most soothing song, let me hear you once more and then let me dissolve in bitter tears! Happy the one who hears you! Happy the one who gazes on the rose whence you breathe, still untouched! Happy yes, but slow, slow would be my luck amid that …