“That water which falls from some Alpine height is dashed, broken, and will murmur loudly, but grows limpid by its fall.”
Alcide al Bivio (1760), scene 5.
Original
Quell' onda, che ruina Dalla pendice alpina, Balza, si frange, e mormora Ma limpida si fa.
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