Works of the British Poets: The vision of Dante Alighieri, tr. by H.F. CaryRobert Walsh Bradford, 1822 |
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... Virgil , who promises to show him the punishments of Hell and afterwards of Purgatory ; and that he shall then be conduct- ed by Beatrice into Paradise . He follows the Roman poet . In the midway * of this our mortal life , I found me ...
... Virgil , who promises to show him the punishments of Hell and afterwards of Purgatory ; and that he shall then be conduct- ed by Beatrice into Paradise . He follows the Roman poet . In the midway * of this our mortal life , I found me ...
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... Virgil indeed was born twenty five years before that event . Ilium's haughty towers . ] Ceciditque superbum Ilium . Virgil . En . iii . 3 But thou , say wherefore to such perils past Return'st 42 [ Canto I. THE VISION .
... Virgil indeed was born twenty five years before that event . Ilium's haughty towers . ] Ceciditque superbum Ilium . Virgil . En . iii . 3 But thou , say wherefore to such perils past Return'st 42 [ Canto I. THE VISION .
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... Virgil , that well - spring , From which such copious floods of eloquence Have issued ? " I with front abash'd replied . " Glory and light of all the tuneful train ! May it avail me , that I long with zeal Have sought thy volume , and ...
... Virgil , that well - spring , From which such copious floods of eloquence Have issued ? " I with front abash'd replied . " Glory and light of all the tuneful train ! May it avail me , that I long with zeal Have sought thy volume , and ...
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... Can Grande was only nine years old . and Par . xvii . 75 . + Italia's plains . ] " Umile Italia , from Virgil , Æn . lib . iii . 5225 Humilemque videmus Italiam . A second death ; * and those next view , 44 Canto I : THE VISION .
... Can Grande was only nine years old . and Par . xvii . 75 . + Italia's plains . ] " Umile Italia , from Virgil , Æn . lib . iii . 5225 Humilemque videmus Italiam . A second death ; * and those next view , 44 Canto I : THE VISION .
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... Virgil , he at last took courage , and followed him as his guide and master . Now was the day departing , * and the ... Virgil's description , Æn . lib . iv . 522. Compare Apollonius Rhodius , lib , iii . 744. and lib . iv . 1058 . The ...
... Virgil , he at last took courage , and followed him as his guide and master . Now was the day departing , * and the ... Virgil's description , Æn . lib . iv . 522. Compare Apollonius Rhodius , lib , iii . 744. and lib . iv . 1058 . The ...
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Page 53 - Through me you pass into the city of woe: Through me you pass into eternal pain: Through me among the people lost for aye. Justice the founder of my fabric moved: To rear me was the task of Power divine, Supremest Wisdom, and primeval Love. 19 Before me things create were none, save things Eternal, and eternal I endure. All hope abandon, ye who enter here.
Page 37 - In the midway of this our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy wood, astray Gone from the path direct: and e'en to tell, It were no easy task, how savage wild That forest, how robust and rough its growth, 5 Which to remember only, my dismay Renews, in bitterness not far from death.
Page 107 - For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land...
Page 77 - Alone we were, and no Suspicion near us. Ofttimes by that reading Our eyes were drawn together, and the hue Fled from our alter'd cheek.
Page 270 - These weeds of miserable flesh we wear; And do thou strip them off from us again.' Then, not to make them sadder, I kept down My spirit in stillness. That day and the next We all were silent.
Page 357 - Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
Page 158 - Of savage temper, more than aught beside Hath to this evil brought." If from the fire I had been shelter'd, down amidst them straight I then had cast me, nor my guide, I deem, Would have restrain'd my going ; but that fear 50 Of the dire burning vanquish'd the desire, Which made me eager of their wish'd embrace.
Page 269 - When I awoke Before the dawn, amid their sleep I heard My sons (for they were with me) weep and ask For bread. Right cruel art thou, if no pang Thou feel at thinking what my heart foretold ; And if not now, why use thy tears to flow?
Page 56 - Forthwith I understood, for certain, this the tribe Of those ill spirits both to God displeasing And to his foes. These...
Page 298 - Open'd the form of wings : then when he knew The pilot, cried aloud, "Down, down; bend low Thy knees; behold God's Angel: fold thy hands: Now shalt thou see true ministers indeed.