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d. 1536 Italy
Francesco Berni (ca. 1497 – May 26, 1536) was an Italian poet credited for beginning what is now known as "Bernesque poetry", a serio-comedic type of poetry with elements of satire.
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Non vien si tardi il mal che non sia presto.
Never a man unblemished virtue shows,
He still fought stoutly on—and he was dead.
Whoe'er he be, none more than human deem,
Nor power nor pleasure e'er can be enjoyed,
To lose the thing we love is greater pain
For he who patience hath can all things do.
And this doth overpass all other pain,
Wise is he who this hour, not year by year,
Like to a leafless tree,
Think not that aught the fury can surpass
Each should be sure of an untarnished name,
A king that would to do his duty try,
With whip and spur he paid his tavern bill.
Who steals a bugle-horn, a ring, a steed,
Ere now a simple tiller of the soil
Making a virtue of necessity.
That we may know
Neither in prose nor verse we aught can say,
The loss of what we have is pain more dire
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