TESTO DEL LIED

"The man of life upright"
di Thomas Campion (1567-1620)

The man of life upright,
Whose guiltless heart is free
From all dishonest deeds
Or thought of vanity:
The man whose silent days
In harmless joys are spent,
Whom hopes cannot delude,
Nor sorrow discontent:
That man needs neither towers
Nor armour for defence,
Nor secret vaults to fly
From thunder's violence.
He only can behold
With unaffrighted eyes
The horrors of the deep
And terrors of the skies.