Note 3 — Chapter I
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Ariosto, referring to the undying fame of Sappho and Corinna, expresses himself in words as beautiful as they are true, as witness the following couplet:
Saffo e Corinna, perche furon dotte, Splendono illustri, e mai non veggon notte. —Orlando Furioso, Canto XX, strophe I.