“Pity is the messenger of Love
as lightning is of thunder.”

—  Torquato Tasso , Aminta

Act IV, scene i.
Aminta (1573)

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La pietà messaggiera è de l'Amore, Come'l lampo del tuon.

Aminta (1573)

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