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Sonetto

Matilda Betham

Di Giovanni Della Casa.


Oh sonno, oh della cheta, umida, ombrosa
  Notte placido figlio; oh de’ mortali
  Egri conforto, oblio dolce de’ mali,
  Si gravi, ond’ e la vita aspra, e nojosa:
Soccorri al core omai, che langue, e posa
  Non have; e queste membra stanche, e frali
  Solleva: a me ten vola, oh sonno, e l’ali
  Tue brune sovra me distendi, e posa.
Ov’ e il silenzio, che’l di fugge, e’l lume?
  E i lievi sogni, che con non secure
  Vestigia di seguirti han per costume?
Lasso, che’nvan te chiamo, e queste oscure,
  E gelide ombre invan lusingo; oh piume
  D’asprezza colme; oh notti acerbe, e dure!
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