“I will rise again, a foe, fierce, bold,
Though dead, though slain, though burnt to ashes cold.”

—  Torquato Tasso

Risorgero nemico ognor piu crudo,
Cenere anco sepolto, e spirto ignudo!
Canto IX, stanza 99 (tr. Fairfax)
Gerusalemme Liberata (1581)

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Risorgerò nemico ognor più crudo, | Cenere anco sepolto e spirto ignudo.

IX, 99
Gerusalemme liberata
Variant: Risorgero nemico ognor piu crudo,
Cenere anco sepolto, e spirto ignudo!

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