Ludovico Ariosto carmina, 55

Reference basis text: M. Santoro, 1989

Editing of the digital edition: Daniela Marrone


55. epitaphium Iani Francisci Gonzagae

Quae fuerant, vivente anima olim, mortua membra

      Absque anima tandem claudit humata lapis.

Corporis affecti aerumnas novus incola coeli

      Spiritus hic gaudet deposuisse graves.

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Quare animam Iani seu corpus flere, viator,

      Frustra hoc, sero illud, vanus uterque dolor.