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Occhio di falco

Gabriele d’Annunzio
Canto novo I, 222 (1882)
Io mi affretto alle pugne. Cavaliero
ignoto in arme brunita cavalco
per la campagna scabra, ma un pensiero
superbo m’arde ne l’occhio di falco.
Guardan le turbe; e - Chi è questo altiero
fanciul che passa? - elle ghignano.
I hasten toward the combat. An unknown
knight in gleaming armour, I ride
across the barren land, with a [...]

November 10th, 2007 | Category: italia, literature | Comments (1)