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Matilda Betham

“D’atre nubi e il sol ravvolto,
    Luce infausta il Ciel colora.
    Pur chi sa? Quest’ alma ancora
    La speranza non perde.

Non funesta ogni tempesta
    Co’ naufragj all’ onde il seno;
    Ogni tuono, ogni baleno
    Sempre un fulmine non e.”

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From Elegies and Other Small Poems | 1794

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