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La ricordanza

Language: Italian

 Era la notte, e presso di Colei
 Che sola al cor mi giunse e vi sta sola,
 Con quel pianger che rompe la parola,
 Io pregava mercede a martir miei.

 Quand' Ella, chinando gli occhi bei,
 Disse (e il membrarlo sol me, da me invola):
 Ponmi al cor la tua destra, e ti consola:
 Ch'io amo e te sol' amo intender dei,

 Poi fatta, per amor, tremante e bianca,
 In atto soävissimo mi pose
 La bella faccia sulla spalla manca.

 Se dopo il dole assai più duol l'amaro;
 Se per me nullo istante a quel rispose,
 Ah! quant' era in quell' ora il morir caro!


Input by Antonio Giuliano

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

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Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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