The Vision, or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri . m forth their fold, by one,Or pairs, or three at once ; meanwhile the restStand fearfully, bending the eye and nose 80 To ground, and what the foremost does, that doThe others, gathering round her if she and quiet, nor the cause discern ;So saw I moving to advance the of that fortunate crew were at the modest mien, and graceful in their they before me had beheld the light Lines 39-115] PURGATORY 131 From my right side fall broken on the that the shadow reached the cave ; they st
The Vision, or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri . m forth their fold, by one,Or pairs, or three at once ; meanwhile the restStand fearfully, bending the eye and nose 80 To ground, and what the foremost does, that doThe others, gathering round her if she and quiet, nor the cause discern ;So saw I moving to advance the of that fortunate crew were at the modest mien, and graceful in their they before me had beheld the light Lines 39-115] PURGATORY 131 From my right side fall broken on the that the shadow reached the cave ; they stopped,And somewhat back retired : the same did all 90 Who followed, though unweeting of the cause. Unasked of you, yet freely I is a human body which ye the suns light is broken on the not: but believe, that not withoutVirtue derived from Heaven, we to climbOver this wall aspire. So them bespakeMy master ; and that virtuous tribe rejoined: Turn, and before you there the entrance lies;Making a signal to us with bent hands. iod. u2^- Then of them one began. Whoeer thou art,Who journeyst thus this way, thy visage turn ;Think if me elsewhere thou hast ever seen. I towards him turned, and with fixed eye and fair, and gentle of aspectHe seemed, but on one brow a gash was marked. When humbly I disclaimed to have beheldHim ever : Now behold ! he said, and showedHigh on his breast a wound : then smiling spake * I am Manfredi, grandson to the QueenCostanza: whence I pray thee, when my fair daughter go, the parent gladOf Aragonia and Sicilias pride ;And of the truth inform her, if of meAught else be told. When by two mortal blows 110 132 THE VISION OF DANTE [Canto iii My frame was shattered, I betook myself Weeping to him, who of free will forgives. My sins were horrible : but so wide arms Hath goodness infinite, that it receives All who turn to it. Had this text divine 120 Been of Cosenzas shepherd better scanned, Who then by
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