Dear Italian-studies colleagues,
When I posted the following message to FICINO, a colleague suggested that
you were the ones to ask. (I apologize for the cross posting.)
I'm trying to trace sources for some Italian quotes used to adorn an
anonymous 1594 English sonnet sequence, _Zepheria_. The libraries I have
access to don't have a CD-ROM index of foreign quotations, so I'm limited
to the print dictionaries of quotations, which don't list entries for
these:
1. On the title page: "Ogni di viene la sera."
2. As a title to the dedicatory poem (maybe this isn't a quotation):
"Alli veri figlioli delle Muse."
3. At the end of the sequence: "Troppo sperar inganna."
I think I'm clear on the meaning, but if anyone ever said these things
before 1594, I can't locate the evidence. Can anyone help me? Off-list
would be fine.
Many thanks in advance,
Margaret R. Christian [log in to unmask]
Penn State Lehigh Valley (610) 285-5106 (office)
8380 Mohr Lane (610) 562-0163 (home)
Fogelsville, PA 18051 USA
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