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Τοῦτ' ἐν ψυχῇ λόγοι,
ὅπερ κάλλος ἐν σώματι

(Aristides).

(Such in the mind are words,
As beauty in the body is.)

Io cominciai: Poeta che mi guidi,
Guarda la mia virtù, s'ella è possente,
Prima che all' alto passo tu mi fidi.
(Dante).

(I gan to speak: "O Bard, who art ray guide,
Regard my manhood, if it be enough,
Ere me to the deep pass thou dost confide.")