'Non posso piu fare un verso: la vena e secca, e l'ingegno e stanco' (_Lettere_, vol.v.p.

90).] [Footnote 61: During the whole period of his Roman residence, Tasso, like his father in similar circumstances, hankered after ecclesiastical honors.

His letters refer frequently to this ambition.

He felt the parallel between himself and Bernardo Tasso: 'La mia depressa condizione, e la mia infelicita, quasi ereditaria' (vol.iv.p.

288).] He was not disappointed.