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Ludovico Ariosto – Aventuroso carcere soave

Pietro da Cortona, Venus Appearing to Aeneas as a Huntress, c. 1635 Aventuroso carcere soave,dove né per furor né per dispetto,ma per amor e per pietà distrettola bella e dolce mia nemica m’ave;gli altri prigioni al volger de la chiaves’attristano, io m’allegro; ché dilettoe non martir, vito e non morte aspetto,né giudice sever né legge …

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Bernard de Ventadorn – Quando erba nuova e nuova foglia appare / When tender grass and leaves appear

Correggio, Venus and Cupid with a Satyr, c. 1528 If I could find her all alone,sleeping or playing so for fun, I’d steal the sweetest kiss I’ve known –I lack the worth to ask for one. Lady, by God, lady, our love’s getting nowhere;time flies away while we lose the best sharewe must speak only with …

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Gerard de Nerval – Viale del Lussemburgo / A path in the Luxembourg Gardens

Walter Crane, Art and Life, 1907 She passed me, the young lady,lively and swift as a swallow,in her hand a shining lily,from her mouth a new song follows.She’s perhaps the only one in the landwhose heart to mine would react,who, taking my doleful hand with but a look would me impact!But no, my youth is felled…Farewell, …

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David Herbert Lawrence – In barca / In a boat

Max Pirner, Daemon love, 1893 See the stars, love,in the water much clearer and brighterthan those above us, and whiter,like nenuphars.Star-shadows shine, love,how many stars in your bowl?How many shadows in your soul,only mine, love, mine?When I move the oars, love,see how the stars are tossed,distorted, the brightest lost.– So that bright one of yours, …

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