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O age! Here’s something new
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O age! Here’s something new that I have filledWith old, like fine oil in a flask.A kind of verse to please men’s mouths and mindsI have invented for exploring love.I provide a model of the differenceB…

Contributor:

Judah Sommo

Places:

Mantua, Duchy of Mantua (Mantova, Italy)

Date:

16th Century

Subjects:

Performing arts, Poetry, Humor, Aging, Ethics

Categories:

Literature, Poetry, Popular Poetry
The Ass’s Complaint
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Why is my back loaded with fine flour, while in my mouth there is no bread at all, but only straw? I drink well-water, though I carry wine. And the stick goes on fracturing my skull! I live in rubble…

Contributor:

Samuel Archevolti

Places:

Padua, Venice (Padua, Italy)

Date:

End of the 16th Century

Subjects:

Animals, Food and drink, Violence, Ethics, Allegory

Categories:

Literature, Poetry, Popular Poetry