“Her peasant garments cannot hide the light
of noble soul, her nature high and grand,
and all her queenly majesty shines bright
in every act her humble chores demand.”

— Torquato Tasso

Non copre abito vil la nobil luce,
E quanto è in lei d'altero e di gentile;
E fuor la maesta regia traluce
Per gli atti ancor de l'esercizio umile.
Canto VII, stanza 18 (tr. Wickert)
Gerusalemme Liberata (1581)

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Non copre abito vil la nobil luce, E quanto è in lei d'altero e di gentile; E fuor la maesta regia traluce Per gli atti ancor de l'esercizio umile.

Gerusalemme Liberata (1581)

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Italian poet 1544–1595

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