Thumos
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('To love with all one's heart')
Our hearts beat fast, my Prince, when, beneath the sweet lime tree,
that emerald with a thousand facets cut by Night,
we drank the words chiselled by the genius,
of Alberti, of Manutius, of della Mirandola.
Notes:
1. Thumos (Greek): 'heart'
2. Leon Battista Alberti (1404-1472), Aldus Manutius (1449-1515), (Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494): three of the most famous Italian humanists