The Vision, or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri . the deep. These, said my guide, with Persius and others many more, are with that Greek, 100 Of mortals, the most cherished by the nine,In the first ward of darkness. There, of that mount hold converse, on whose topFor ay our nurses live. We have the bardOf Pella, and the Teian, Agatho,Simonides, and many a Grecian elseIngarlanded with laurel. Of thy train,Antigone is there, Deiphile,Argia, and as sorrowful as erst Lines 61-136] PURGATORY 199 Ismene, and who showed Langias wave: no Deidamia with her sister
The Vision, or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri . the deep. These, said my guide, with Persius and others many more, are with that Greek, 100 Of mortals, the most cherished by the nine,In the first ward of darkness. There, of that mount hold converse, on whose topFor ay our nurses live. We have the bardOf Pella, and the Teian, Agatho,Simonides, and many a Grecian elseIngarlanded with laurel. Of thy train,Antigone is there, Deiphile,Argia, and as sorrowful as erst Lines 61-136] PURGATORY 199 Ismene, and who showed Langias wave: no Deidamia with her sisters there, And blind Tiresias daughter, and the bride Sea-born of Peleus. Either poet now Was silent; and no longer by the ascent Or the steep walls obstructed, round them cast Inquiring eyes. Four handmaids of the day Had finished now their office, and the fifth Was at the chariot-beam, directing still Its flamy point aloof ; when thus my guide: * Methinks, it well behoves us to the brink 120 Bend the right shoulder, circuiting the mount, (^V/^. As we have ever used. So custom thereWas usher to the road ; the which we choseLess doubtful, as that worthy shade complied. They on before me went: I sole pursued,Listening their speech, that to my thoughts conveyedMysterious lessons of sweet soon they ceased ; for midway of the roadA tree we found, with goodly fruitage pleasant to the smell: and as a fir,Upward from bough to bough, less ample spreads ;So downward this less ample spread ; that none,Methinks, aloft may climb. Upon the closed our path, a liquid crystal fellFrom the steep rock, and through the sprays aboveStreamed showering. With associate step the bards 130 200 THE VISION OF DANTE [Canto xxii Drew near the plant; and, from amidst the leaves, A voice was heard : Ye shall be chary of me ; And after added ; Mary took more thought For joy and honour of the nuptial feast, 140 Than for herself, who answers now for you. The women of old Rome were sat
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