potrai

Updated: May 25, 2025

A venerable matron in torn garments Rome herself is meant tells them of the glorious past, and gives them a minute description of the old triumphs; she then leads the strangers through the city, and points out to them the seven hills and many of the chief ruins 'che comprender potrai, quanto fui bella.

Jacob Burckhardt - The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy

Al savio suol bastar poche parole, Disse Morgante: tu il potrai vedere, De' miei fratelli, Orlando, se mi duole, E s'io m'accordero di Dio al volere, Come tu di che in ciel servar si suole: Morti co' morti; or pensiam di godere: Io vo' tagliar le mani a tutti quanti, E porterolle a que' monaci santi."

Leigh Hunt - Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 1