“Alike prepared for all fates, at each breath
assured of triumph and contemning death.”

— Torquato Tasso

Egualmente apprestato ad ogni sorte,
Si prometta vittoria, e sprezzi morte.
Canto X, stanza 38 (tr. Wickert)
Gerusalemme Liberata (1581)

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Italian poet 1544–1595

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