The Vision: Or, Hell, Purgatory and Paradise of Dante AlighieriF. Warne, 1892 - 496 pages |
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... thee why I came , and what I heard in that same instant , when for thee Grief touch'd me first . I was among the tribe , Who rest suspended , 2 when a dame , so blest And lovely I besought her to command , Call'd me ; her eyes were ...
... thee why I came , and what I heard in that same instant , when for thee Grief touch'd me first . I was among the tribe , Who rest suspended , 2 when a dame , so blest And lovely I besought her to command , Call'd me ; her eyes were ...
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... thee to remove , ' That God's stern judgment to her will inclines . ' To Lucia calling , her she thus bespake : " Now doth thy faithful servant need thy aid , " And I commend him to thee . " At her word ' Sped Lucia , of all cruelty the ...
... thee to remove , ' That God's stern judgment to her will inclines . ' To Lucia calling , her she thus bespake : " Now doth thy faithful servant need thy aid , " And I commend him to thee . " At her word ' Sped Lucia , of all cruelty the ...
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... thee . As she will'd , Thus am I come : I saved thee from the beast , Who thy near way across the goodly mount Prevented . What is this comes o'er thee then ? Why , why dost thou hang back ? why in thy breast Harbour vile fear ? why ...
... thee . As she will'd , Thus am I come : I saved thee from the beast , Who thy near way across the goodly mount Prevented . What is this comes o'er thee then ? Why , why dost thou hang back ? why in thy breast Harbour vile fear ? why ...
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... thee leave ; Here be vile fear extinguish'd . We are come Where I have told thee we shall see the souls To misery doom'd , who intellectual good Have lost . " And when his hand he had stretch'd forth To mine , with pleasant looks ...
... thee leave ; Here be vile fear extinguish'd . We are come Where I have told thee we shall see the souls To misery doom'd , who intellectual good Have lost . " And when his hand he had stretch'd forth To mine , with pleasant looks ...
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... thee hence , and leave These who are dead . " But soon as he beheld I left them not , " By other way , " said he , " By other haven slialt thou come to shore , Not by this passage ; thee a nimbler boat 2 Must carry . " Then to him thus ...
... thee hence , and leave These who are dead . " But soon as he beheld I left them not , " By other way , " said he , " By other haven slialt thou come to shore , Not by this passage ; thee a nimbler boat 2 Must carry . " Then to him thus ...
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