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Grasinda

Language: Italian

Dorme Grasinda in mezzo a' suoi tesori,
Ove l'incanto un sonno alto le impose.
E l'intima dolcezza de le cose
Ver lei migra in assai vaghi romori.
Fremono a torno li alberi canori,
Da la grande armonia piovendo rose
Quasi che pre virtù misteriose
Si rispandano i suoni in rari fiori.
Lento il corpo ne 'l sonno a 'l ritmo cede;
Compongonsi le membra agili in arco
E prendon forma di lunata lira.
Si tendono le chiome argute al piede
Facendo strano a' due pollici incarco;
E su tal corda l'anima sospira.


Authorship

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

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

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