“No need for death,
For to wring two hearts
First faith sufficed and then love.”

—  Torquato Tasso, Aminta

Non bisogna la morte,
Ch'astringer nobil cuore,
Prima basta la fede, e poi l'amore.
Act III, Chorus.
Aminta (1573)

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