"Yes, that God who in the crimson wave | closed the river that pursued Israel, | who placed the hammer in the fist of the manly Jael | and directed the blow."
— Jael

January 1, 1970

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Sì, quel Dio che nell'onda vermiglia | chiuse il rio che inseguiva Israele, | quel che in pugno alla maschia Giaele | pose il maglio, ed il colpo guidò. — Alessandro Manzoni, 'Marzo 1821