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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 2688985, member: 8267&quot;]I found a few more occurrences of the motto, but none predating its use by Giovanni Pascoli in 1903 (so far). It occurs in a poem by Marco Gnecchi, &quot;Memento&quot;, published in La Rassegna Nazionale vol. 158, in 1907. On a well house (?) at the Villa di Lozio in Vallecamonica in northern Italy. And it has been found carved into a rock face in the Alps near the Austrian border, associated with a 1927 inscription made by Italian soldiers (!). &quot;On another rock you can read the Latin inscription: TU BIBIS IPSE GEMO (You drink, but I sigh myself), the meaning of which can unfortunately no longer be determined.&quot;</p><p><a href="https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&amp;sl=de&amp;u=https://suedtiroler-freiheit.com/2015/11/01/faschistische-alpinitafel-und-inschriften-im-pfossental/&amp;prev=search&amp;pto=aue" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&amp;sl=de&amp;u=https://suedtiroler-freiheit.com/2015/11/01/faschistische-alpinitafel-und-inschriften-im-pfossental/&amp;prev=search&amp;pto=aue" rel="nofollow">https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&amp;sl=de&amp;u=https://suedtiroler-freiheit.com/2015/11/01/faschistische-alpinitafel-und-inschriften-im-pfossental/&amp;prev=search&amp;pto=aue</a></p><p><br /></p><p>(original site: <a href="https://suedtiroler-freiheit.com/2015/11/01/faschistische-alpinitafel-und-inschriften-im-pfossental/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://suedtiroler-freiheit.com/2015/11/01/faschistische-alpinitafel-und-inschriften-im-pfossental/" rel="nofollow">https://suedtiroler-freiheit.com/2015/11/01/faschistische-alpinitafel-und-inschriften-im-pfossental/</a>)</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://valcamonica.files.wordpress.com/2015/05/52a28-11123830_469146026583307_1960728893_n.jpg?w=676" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://valcamonica.wordpress.com/2015/05/03/casinetto-della-vecchia-sorgente-di-villa-di-lozio-con-liscrizione-latina-tu-bibis-ipse-gemo-vallecamonica-sorgente-lozio-altopianodelsole-acqua-expo2015-itineraribresciacontest-latino/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://valcamonica.wordpress.com/2015/05/03/casinetto-della-vecchia-sorgente-di-villa-di-lozio-con-liscrizione-latina-tu-bibis-ipse-gemo-vallecamonica-sorgente-lozio-altopianodelsole-acqua-expo2015-itineraribresciacontest-latino/" rel="nofollow">https://valcamonica.wordpress.com/2015/05/03/casinetto-della-vecchia-sorgente-di-villa-di-lozio-con-liscrizione-latina-tu-bibis-ipse-gemo-vallecamonica-sorgente-lozio-altopianodelsole-acqua-expo2015-itineraribresciacontest-latino/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The motto seems to have struck a chord, of some sort, in the early 20th century. But its significance has been forgotten. It seems to be used to express the anguish of a poet in the creative process - or something like that - where the reader/listener benefits from his painful labors. It is also associated with a &quot;source&quot;, expressed as a fountain.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pascoli was a classicist and Latin instructor, as well as a poet, so he may be the original author of the motto. Its popularity seems to be restricted to the early 20th century, which may be helpful in dating your textile.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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