Francesco Hayez, Italian
“Relax, Babe. Sure, I Deserted From the Army, But It’ll Be Weeks Before They Come Looking For Me. I’ll Bet You a Hundred Bucks They Haven’t Even Noticed I’m Gone,” 1812-13
Oil on canvas
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/// Amida, Rinaldo’s seducer,
had captured him by being looser
than more modest maids.
“Forget the Crusades,
I’ll lay in this garden with you, sir.”
/// His comrades discovered the lovers
(who weren’t much hidden by covers).
They held up his aegis,
reflecting egregious
behavior, thus ‘Naldo recovers.
/// Unbound by her spell he can see
his armor festooned in a tree.
So he dons it once more
to return to the war.
Amida is left sans souci.