"La commedia italiana" (1714), olio su tela, 37 x 48 cm, del pittore Jean-Antoine Watteau (Staatliche Museen, Berlino)
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"How I sigh" di anonimo
How I sigh when I think of the charms of my swain, And remember how sweetly he kindness can feign; Oh! I rather would love all his falsehoods than try, There still is some pleasure, though 'twere but to die.