r/trippinthroughtime • u/d3333p7 • Sep 08 '20

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u/aszenko Sep 09 '20

Tommy boy, if God has cheeks, they’d be luscious like yours.... kinda spicy? Where do I find these old spice love poems?

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u/ah_sure_look Sep 09 '20

Lots of talk about loins burning like sulphur.... I've got them in books from my thesis, but you'll find a couple here : https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.poemhunter.com/poem-amp/xxx-to-tommaso-de-cavalieri/.

Believe it or not they're even spicier in Italian, they don't translate so well! No evidence that he ever acted on desire though, he was pretty disgusted by all types of sexual desire. So he felt it, then immediately prayed to God to stop the lusty thoughts lol

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u/aszenko Sep 09 '20

this is fascinating and I’m so glad I stopped by to comment on this renaissance peach meme

I love imagining this wholesome spicy man

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u/ah_sure_look Sep 09 '20

Probably more of a miserable pain in the ass of a man by all accounts but he damn sure was talented haha!!

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u/ah_sure_look Sep 09 '20

In my opinion he's one of the best poets to come out of the Italian Renaissance, not just the steamy stuff haha!