Hans Memling/H.Purcell-J.Dryden

Hans Memling - Ritratto di donna anziana (part.)(1468-70)

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

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What power art thou, who from below

Hast made me rise unwillingly and slow

From beds of everlasting snow?

See'st thou not how stiff and wondrous old,

Far unfit to bear the bitter cold,

I can scarcely move or draw my breath?

Let me, let me freeze again to death.

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See, see, we assemble

Thy revels to hold:

Tho' quiv'ring with cold

We chatter and tremble.

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da King Arthur [1691] di H. Purcell, libretto di John Dryden , The frost scene

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