Translations from Camoens; and Other Poets, with Original Poetry/Dunque si sfoga in pianto

by Pietro Metastasio

METASTASIO.

Dunque si sfoga in pianto.

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IN tears, the heart opprest with grief
    Gives language to its woes;
In tears, its fulness finds relief,
    When rapture's tide o'erflows:
Who then unclouded bliss would seek
    On this terrestrial sphere;
When e'en Delight can only speak,
    Like Sorrow—in a tear?