Works of the British Poets: The vision of Dante Alighieri, tr. by H.F. CaryRobert Walsh Bradford, 1822 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 59
Page 15
... earth . Wandering over al- most every part , to which this our language extends , I have gone about like a mendicant ; showing , against my will , the wound with which fortune has smitten me , and which is often imputed to his ill - de ...
... earth . Wandering over al- most every part , to which this our language extends , I have gone about like a mendicant ; showing , against my will , the wound with which fortune has smitten me , and which is often imputed to his ill - de ...
Page 44
... earth nor its base metals , but by love , Wisdom , and virtue , and his land shall be The land ' twixt either Feltro . † In his might Shall safty to Italia's plains + arise , For whose fair realm , Camilla , virgin pure , Nisus ...
... earth nor its base metals , but by love , Wisdom , and virtue , and his land shall be The land ' twixt either Feltro . † In his might Shall safty to Italia's plains + arise , For whose fair realm , Camilla , virgin pure , Nisus ...
Page 47
... earth ; and I alone Prepar'd myself the conflict to sustain , Both of sad pity , and that perilous road , Which my unerring memory shall retrace . O Muses ! O high genius ! now vouchsafe Your aid . O mind't that all I saw hast kept Safe ...
... earth ; and I alone Prepar'd myself the conflict to sustain , Both of sad pity , and that perilous road , Which my unerring memory shall retrace . O Muses ! O high genius ! now vouchsafe Your aid . O mind't that all I saw hast kept Safe ...
Page 60
... earth beneath ; E'en in like manner Adam's evil brood Cast themselves , one by one , down from the shore , Each at a beck , as falcon at his call.§ The livid lake . ] Vada livida , Totius ut lacus putidæque paludis Virg . Æn . lib . vi ...
... earth beneath ; E'en in like manner Adam's evil brood Cast themselves , one by one , down from the shore , Each at a beck , as falcon at his call.§ The livid lake . ] Vada livida , Totius ut lacus putidæque paludis Virg . Æn . lib . vi ...
Page 61
... earth gave a blast , That , lightening , shot forth a vermillion flame , Which all my senses conquer'd quite , and I Down dropp'd , as one with sudden slumber seiz❜d . VOL . XLV 6 CANTÓ IV . ARGUMENT . The poet , being Canto III . HELL .
... earth gave a blast , That , lightening , shot forth a vermillion flame , Which all my senses conquer'd quite , and I Down dropp'd , as one with sudden slumber seiz❜d . VOL . XLV 6 CANTÓ IV . ARGUMENT . The poet , being Canto III . HELL .
Common terms and phrases
answer'd appear'd Arezzo ARGUMENT ascend aught Beatrice beheld beneath Boccaccio Bologna Branca Doria breast Brunetto Canto chang'd Charles of Anjou circle Corso Donati Count Ugolino cried Dante death descend doth e'en earth Emperor evil exclaim'd eyes Farinata degli Uberti fear feet fell fix'd flame Florence Florentine Ghibelline grief Guido Guido Cavalcanti Guido da Montefeltro hand hast hath hear heard heaven Hell Hist honour king Landino Lombardi look look'd Malebolge mark'd master mountain mov'd ne'er o'er onward Ovid Paradise pass pass'd passage Phlegyas Pistoia Poet Pope punishment Purg Purgatory rais'd reach'd replied rest return'd rock round seem'd shade side Sienna sight soon Sordello soul spake speak spirit steep steps stood stretch'd tell thee thence thine thou art thou shalt thought torment turn'd twixt Venturi viii Villani Virgil virtue visage whence Wherefore words
Popular passages
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.