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"Donna con mandolino" (1755), olio su tela, 92.1 x 74.9 cm, del pittore Giambattista Tiepolo (The Institute of Arts, Detroit)


TESTO DEL LIED

"I dreamt a dream! what can it mean"
di William Blake (1757-1827)

I dreamt a dream! what can it mean?
And that I was a maiden Queen,
Guarded by an Angel mild:
Witless woe was ne'er beguil'd!

And I wept both night and day,
And he wip'd my tears away,
And I wept both day and night,
And hid from him my heart's delight.
So he took his wings and fled;
Then the morn blush'd rosy red;
I dried my tears, and arm'd my fears
With ten thousand shields and spears.
Soon my Angel came again:
I was arm'd, he came in vain;
For the time of youth was fled,
And grey hairs were on my head.

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