What fierce power
Giovanni Legrenzi
What fierce power
Has this winged god,
Who by force of punishments, should make himself adored!
And nevertheless in my ardor
The traitorous god
Made me idolize a lovely face.
What a cruel destiny,
That a blind child still
With a mouth of mother's milk, should make himself esteemed!
But this tyrant
With barbarous deception,
Entering through my eyes, made me sigh!