"Almeh" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... ignoti alcune note ha scorte Del sermon di Soria, ch'ei ben possiede: O tu, che dentro ai chiostri della morte Osasti por, guerriero audace, il piede, Deh! se non sei crudel, quanto sei forte, Deh! non turbar questa secreta sede. Perdona all'alme omai di luce prive: Non dee guerra co' morti aver ...
— Stories from the Italian Poets: With Lives of the Writers, Vol. 2 • Leigh Hunt
... in the first word rinvigorir, I was forced to transfer it to the o. Raaff has now found, in the "Natal di Giove," which is in truth very little known, an aria quite appropriate to this situation. I think it is the ad libitum aria, "Bell' alme al ciel diletto" and he wishes me to write music for these words. He says, "No one knows it, and we need say nothing." He is quite aware that he cannot expect the Abbate to alter this aria a third time, and he will not sing it as it is written. I beg you ...
— The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, V.1. • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
