She tried to cry out: 'Will you, cruel man, leave me alone here?' Pain choked off her cry, and in her heart the plaintive words began to echo in a yet more bitter sigh. (Torquato Tasso)

She tried to cry out: 'Will you, cruel man, leave me alone here?' Pain choked off her cry, and in her heart the plaintive words began to echo in a yet more bitter sigh.

Torquato Tasso

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