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... moat that joineth on before . Thence we attended by the billows grey , For darker far than purple they must be , Came down and entered by an uncouth way . A pond below , that Styx is called , we see , Made by this dreary brook , having ...
... moat that joineth on before . Thence we attended by the billows grey , For darker far than purple they must be , Came down and entered by an uncouth way . A pond below , that Styx is called , we see , Made by this dreary brook , having ...
Page 49
... the sluggish moat we go , Between the dry shore and the middle pit , And gaze on them who gulp the mire below ; Eftsoons upon a tower's base we hit . 125 130 E CANTO VIII . I SAY resuming , that some time THE VISION OF HELL . 49.
... the sluggish moat we go , Between the dry shore and the middle pit , And gaze on them who gulp the mire below ; Eftsoons upon a tower's base we hit . 125 130 E CANTO VIII . I SAY resuming , that some time THE VISION OF HELL . 49.
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... learn . " And thus into the deep - hewn moats we sped , That gird the unsolaced land on every side ; The wall it seemed was quite of iron made . 65 70 155 75 Not without making first a compass wide , We came E 3 THE VISION OF HELL . 53.
... learn . " And thus into the deep - hewn moats we sped , That gird the unsolaced land on every side ; The wall it seemed was quite of iron made . 65 70 155 75 Not without making first a compass wide , We came E 3 THE VISION OF HELL . 53.
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... moat , and curved , as though Its complement should all the plain embrace , Like as my guide before had let me know ; And ' twixt the bank and it , as if to trace A quarry , Centaurs ran with arrows dight , As they were used on earth to ...
... moat , and curved , as though Its complement should all the plain embrace , Like as my guide before had let me know ; And ' twixt the bank and it , as if to trace A quarry , Centaurs ran with arrows dight , As they were used on earth to ...
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... moat by thousands they career , Transfixing every soul , that flinches more The blood than suits her sin's allotment here . " Meantime towards these rapid beasts we bore . Then Chiron took a shaft , and with its head Threw back the ...
... moat by thousands they career , Transfixing every soul , that flinches more The blood than suits her sin's allotment here . " Meantime towards these rapid beasts we bore . Then Chiron took a shaft , and with its head Threw back the ...
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