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Before me there were no created things , Unly eterne , and I eternal last . All hope
abandon , ye who enter in ! ” These words in sombre colour I beheld Written upon
the summit of a gate ; Whence I : “ Their sense is , Master , hard to me !
Before me there were no created things , Unly eterne , and I eternal last . All hope
abandon , ye who enter in ! ” These words in sombre colour I beheld Written upon
the summit of a gate ; Whence I : “ Their sense is , Master , hard to me !
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And I , who had my head with horror bound , Said : “ Master , what is this which
now I hear ? What folk is this , which seems by pain so vanquished ? " And he to
me : “ This miserable mode Maintain the melancholy souls of those Who lived ...
And I , who had my head with horror bound , Said : “ Master , what is this which
now I hear ? What folk is this , which seems by pain so vanquished ? " And he to
me : “ This miserable mode Maintain the melancholy souls of those Who lived ...
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These did their faces irrigate with blood , Which , with their tears commingled , at
their feet By the disgusting worms was gathered up . And when to gazing farther I
betook me . People I saw on a great river's pank ; Whence said I : “ Master , now ...
These did their faces irrigate with blood , Which , with their tears commingled , at
their feet By the disgusting worms was gathered up . And when to gazing farther I
betook me . People I saw on a great river's pank ; Whence said I : “ Master , now ...
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My son , ” the courteous Master said to me , “ All those who perish in the wrath of
God Here meet together out of every land ; And ready are they to pass o'er the
river , Because celestial Justice spurs them on , So that their fear is turned into ...
My son , ” the courteous Master said to me , “ All those who perish in the wrath of
God Here meet together out of every land ; And ready are they to pass o'er the
river , Because celestial Justice spurs them on , So that their fear is turned into ...
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To me the Master good : “ Thou dost not ask ... Tell me , my Master , tell me , thou
my Lord , ” Began I , with desire of being certain Of that Faith which o'ercometh
every error , “ Came any one by his own merit hence , Or by another's , who was ...
To me the Master good : “ Thou dost not ask ... Tell me , my Master , tell me , thou
my Lord , ” Began I , with desire of being certain Of that Faith which o'ercometh
every error , “ Came any one by his own merit hence , Or by another's , who was ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Divine Comedy Classic translations from classic authors |
| Author | Dante Alighieri |
| Publisher | Routledge, 1895 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 Oct 2007 |
| Length | 500 pages |
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