Torquato Tasso – Rhyme 268
Gregorio Lazzarini, Rinaldo and Armida, c. 1690 As if it were Proteus or a magician, beauty shifts its shape and changes image: comes forth now white, now black, in two beautiful eyes, now gentle, now savage; now in sweet sapphires hues it goes on soft and pleasant tours with Love, now with pearls, now purple, …