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...The Oldest Inhabitant croaks: "Well, of all . . .
Things. . . Can it be . . . really! . . . No!. . . Yes!. . .
Ho! hi!
Oh, my eye!
My mind may be wandering, but I confess
I believe it is Old Deuteronomy!"

("Old Deuteronomy", T.S.Eliot)

Qual è colui che cosa innanzi sé
sùbita vede ond'e' si maraviglia,
che crede e non, dicendo «Ella è... non è...»,

As one who suddenly before him sees
Something whereat he marvels, who believes
And yet does not, saying,"It is! it is not!"

(Сорделло встречает Вергилия,
"Purgatorio", Dante tr. by Longfellow)