“Three times the warrior has embraced the maid
in his huge arms.”

Tre volte il Cavalier la donna stringe
Con le robuste braccia.
Canto XII, stanza 57 (tr. Wickert)
Gerusalemme Liberata (1581)

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Tre volte il Cavalier la donna stringe Con le robuste braccia.

Gerusalemme Liberata (1581)

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Italian poet 1544–1595

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