Color di perle ha quasi, in forma quale convene a donna aver, non for misura: ella è quanto de ben pò far natura; per essemplo di lei bieltà si prova… - Dante Alighieri

Ella è quanto de ben pò far natura;
per essemplo di lei bieltà si prova.

Inferno: Canto XIII
Not yet had Nessus reached the other side,
When we had put ourselves within a wood,
That was not marked by any path whatever.
Not foliage green, but of a dusky colour,
Not branches smooth, but gnarled and intertangled,
Not apple-trees were there, but thorns with poison.
Such tangled thickets have not, nor so dense,
Those savage wild beasts, that in hatred hold
'Twixt Cecina and Corneto the tilled places.
There do the hideous Harpies make their nests,
Who chased the Trojans from the Strophades,
With sad announcement of impending doom;
Broad wings have they, and necks and faces human,
And feet with claws, and their great bellies fledged;
They make laments upon the wondrous trees.

Entonces se calmó aquel miedo un poco, que en el lago del alma había entrado la noche que pasé con tanta angustia. 21

Through her full easily is comprehended
How long in woman lasts the fire of love,
If eye or touch do no relight it often