The Vision, or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri . ion, he replied, thus farAm I arrived, by heavenly influence led:And with such aid I come. Not for my doing,But for not doing, have I lost the sightOf that high Sun, whom thou desirest, and whoBy me too late was known. There is a placeThere underneath, not made by torments by dun shades alone ; where mournings voiceSounds not of anguish sharp, but breathes in sighs. 30There I with little innocents abide,Who, by deaths fangs were bitten, ere exempt 144 THE VISION OF DANTE [Canto vii From human taint. There I with those ab
The Vision, or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri . ion, he replied, thus farAm I arrived, by heavenly influence led:And with such aid I come. Not for my doing,But for not doing, have I lost the sightOf that high Sun, whom thou desirest, and whoBy me too late was known. There is a placeThere underneath, not made by torments by dun shades alone ; where mournings voiceSounds not of anguish sharp, but breathes in sighs. 30There I with little innocents abide,Who, by deaths fangs were bitten, ere exempt 144 THE VISION OF DANTE [Canto vii From human taint. There I with those abide,Who the three holy virtues put not on,But understood the rest, and without blameFollowed them all. But, if thou knowst, and canst,Direct us how we soonest may arrive,Where Purgatory its true beginning takes. He answered thus : We have no certain placeAssigned us : upwards I may go, or round. 40 Far as I can, I join thee for thy thou beholdest now how day declines ;And upwards to proceed by night, our powerExcels: therefore it may be well to choose. A place of pleasant sojourn. To the rightSome spirits sit apart retired. If thouConsentest, I to these will lead thy steps :And thou wilt know them, not without delight. * How chances this ? was answered : whoso wishedTo ascend by night, would he be thence debarred 50 By other, or through his own weakness fail ? The good Sordello then, along the groundTrailing his finger, spoke: Only this lineThou shalt not overpass, soon as the sunHath disappeared ; not that aught else impedesThy going upwards, save the shades of , with the want of power, perplex the them thou haply mightst return to and fro around the mountains side Lines 33-I08] PURGATORY 145 Wander, while day is in the horizon shut. 60 My master straight, as wondering at his : Then lead us quickly, where thou saystThat, while we stay, we may enjoy delight. A little space we were removed from T perceived th
Size: 1862px × 1342px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthordantealighieri1265132, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910
