Cruel Love! You bear our death in murderous vials, filled now with gall, now with your honeyed treasure- equally fatal all that you ensure, whether it be the sickness or the cure. (Torquato Tasso)

Cruel Love! You bear our death in murderous vials, filled now with gall, now with your honeyed treasure- equally fatal all that you ensure, whether it be the sickness or the cure.

Torquato Tasso

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