“The world grows old,
and growing old, withers away.”

Il mondo invecchia,
E invecchiando intristisce.
Act II, scene ii.
Aminta (1573)

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Il mondo invecchia, | e invecchiando intristisce.

II, 2, 71-72
Aminta
Variant: Il mondo invecchia,
E invecchiando intristisce.

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Italian poet 1544–1595

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