Helpful misfortune, wrath most pitiful
With mildest scourge doth from on high chastise
Thy foolish error, and doth make thyself
Of thy salvation minister.


Gerusalemme Liberata (1581)


Helpful misfortune, wrath most pitiful With mildest scourge doth from on high chastise Thy foolish error, and doth make thyself Of thy salvation...

Helpful misfortune, wrath most pitiful With mildest scourge doth from on high chastise Thy foolish error, and doth make thyself Of thy salvation...

Helpful misfortune, wrath most pitiful With mildest scourge doth from on high chastise Thy foolish error, and doth make thyself Of thy salvation...

Helpful misfortune, wrath most pitiful With mildest scourge doth from on high chastise Thy foolish error, and doth make thyself Of thy salvation...