“His eyes were almost sunken in his head;
His face was thin and fleshless as a bone.
His tangled, bristling hair, inspiring dread,
And shaggy beard were wild to look upon.”

Quasi ascosi avea gli occhi ne la testa,
La faccia macra, e come un osso asciutta,
La chioma rabuffata, orrida e mesta,
La barba folta, spaventosa e brutta.
Canto XXIX, stanza 60 (tr. B. Reynolds)
Orlando Furioso (1532)

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Quasi ascosi avea gli occhi ne la testa, La faccia macra, e come un osso asciutta, La chioma rabuffata, orrida e mesta, La barba folta, spaventosa e brutta.

Orlando Furioso (1532)

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