Re: ~ * An evening stroll ...

"Let me fight
Against any monster,

If you want
New trophies by my braveness.

Let me throw walls down,
Destroy enchantments,

If you want me to boast
Of giving you proof of love."

~ Orlando's Aria,

Quoted message said:

From Handel's "Orlando"

Libretto, Carlo Sigismondo Capece

"Allons!
Courage et confiance
....Ah!

Vivre deux!
Let's go!

Courage and confidence
I'll become a well of science
must bend to prevailing winds
To deserve the one whom I love
I'll find a way to find in myself
The stuff of a scholar
She's there! If I dared!
It's she! She' is sleeping!
Quelle est belle!
How beautiful she is!

Ah! vivre deux!
Ah, to live together,
To have nothing but one hope,
Un même souvenir!
One memory!
Share happiness, share suffering,
Yes, suffering, to share the future
Let my flames bring the day to you
Ah, let your soul open
Aux rayons de l'amour!
To the rays of love!
Foyer divin!
Divine hearth!
Sun whose warmth enters us
drives us to ecstasy!
Sublime delerium where one feels all one's self
Plunge into a kiss!"

~ Hoffmann's Aria,

Quoted message said:

From "Les Contes d'Hoffmann"

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"There once was a pretty girl named Twittering.
Her goose named Folly knew, too.
All over the land, the two of them flew,
By land or by sea, wickedly frittering,

Jitter ~ bugging,& salaciously seducing
Their Sorceress named Capsicum,
Who none ~ too easily but delightfully succumbed,
While tastefully toasting ~

'A bottle of rum ~ !'"
~ Duckhorn

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