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"Con miglior corso e con migliore stella. " -- Dante. / "La vita fugge e non s'arresta un' ora. " -- Petrarca.
Time flies, hope flags, life plies a wearied wing; / Death following hard on life gains ground apace; / Faith runs with each and rears an eager face, / Outruns the rest, makes light of everything, / Spurns earth, and still finds breath to pray and sing; / While love ahead of all uplifts his praise, / Still asks for grace and still gives thanks for grace, / Content with all day brings and night will bring. / Life wanes; and when love folds his wings above / Tired hope, and less we feel his conscious pulse, / Let us go fall asleep, dear friend, in peace: / A little while, and age and sorrow cease; / A little while, and life reborn annuls / Loss and decay and death, and all is love.