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So, if destiny decides,
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that I
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am to face the moment of death,
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I shall do so as best suits me.
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I will go dressed
with my best attire,
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the one I wear for festivities.
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Soon I shall be ready
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to enter into the antique courts
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of antique men.
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In the peace of Limbo,
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they will welcome me.
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I will meet Horace, Dante,
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I will converse with Petrarch,
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with Ariosto,
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and with you, Torquato Tasso.
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My tender friend whose verses
come to my mind
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in this supreme moment.