Beauty's Intolerable Splendour.
Se 'l foco alla bellezza. If but the fire that lightens in thine eyes Were equal with their beauty, all the snow And frost of all the world would melt and glow Like brands that blaze beneath fierce tropic skies. But heaven in mercy to our miseries Dulls and divides the fiery beams that flow From thy great loveliness, that we may go Through this stern mortal life in tranquil wise. Thus beauty burns not with consuming rage; For so much only of the heavenly light Inflames our love as finds a fervent heart. This is my case, lady, in sad old age: If seeing thee, I do not die outright, 'Tis that I feel thy beauty but in part.
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"Se 'l foco alla bellezza...."
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