Act I, sc. i, line 26

Perhaps if only once you did enjoy

The thousandth part of all the happiness
A heart beloved enjoys,
returning love,

Repentant, you would surely sighing say,
"All time is truly lost
and gone

Which is not spent in serving love."

poem by Torquato Tasso from Aminta (1573)
Submitted by Veronica Serbanoiu
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