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present case, seeks to give some individuality of feature to the most imaginary portrait.
And between rose and lily, from her eyes
Tears fall so fast, she needs must swallow some.
Stanza xciv. lines 5 and 6.
Le lagrime scendean tra gigli e rose
Là, dove avvien ch’ alcuna se n’ inghiozzi.
This is one of Ariosto’s favourite touches, who, as I have before observed, loves so in his pictures of passion to introduce circumstances which would have been overlooked or rejected by most other painters.
END OF VOL. II.
