salsi

Updated: May 3, 2025

"Deh quando to sarai tornato al mondo, E riposato de la lunga via, Seguitò 'l terzo spirito al secondo, Ricorditi di me che son la Pia: Siena mi fè; disfecemi Maremma; Salsi colui che 'nnanellata pria Disposando m' avea con la sua gemma." Sienna was my place of birth, The Marshes of my death. This knoweth he, Who placed upon my hand the spousal ring.

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

I think I appeased her. BOLOGNA, 14th. I left Florence on the 11th, and have been here these three days. Delightful old Italian town but it lacks the charm of my Florentine secret. I wrote that last entry five days ago, late at night, after coming back from Casa Salsi. I afterwards fell asleep in my chair; the night was half over when I woke up.

Henry James - The Diary of a Man of Fifty