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... soon as we our footsteps stay Upon the dismal shore of Acheron . " Then with mine eyes ashamed and downward cast , Fearing my words might irksome be to him , From speech refrained I till we reached the river . And lo ! towards us coming ...
... soon as we our footsteps stay Upon the dismal shore of Acheron . " Then with mine eyes ashamed and downward cast , Fearing my words might irksome be to him , From speech refrained I till we reached the river . And lo ! towards us coming ...
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... Soon as the wind in our direction sways them , My voice uplift I : " O ye weary souls ! Come speak to us , if no one interdicts it . " As turtle - doves , called onward by desire , With open and steady wings to the sweet nest Fly ...
... Soon as the wind in our direction sways them , My voice uplift I : " O ye weary souls ! Come speak to us , if no one interdicts it . " As turtle - doves , called onward by desire , With open and steady wings to the sweet nest Fly ...
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... soon as his food he gnaws , For to devour it he but thinks and struggles , The like became those muzzles filth - begrimed Of Cerberus the demon , who so thunders Over the souls that they would fain be deaf . We passed across the shadows ...
... soon as his food he gnaws , For to devour it he but thinks and struggles , The like became those muzzles filth - begrimed Of Cerberus the demon , who so thunders Over the souls that they would fain be deaf . We passed across the shadows ...
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... Soon as the Guide and I were in the boat , The antique prow goes on its way , dividing More of the water than ' tis wont with others . While we were running through the dead canal , Uprose in front of me one full of mire , And said ...
... Soon as the Guide and I were in the boat , The antique prow goes on its way , dividing More of the water than ' tis wont with others . While we were running through the dead canal , Uprose in front of me one full of mire , And said ...
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... soon as the beginning He covered up with what came afterward , That they were words quite different from the first ; But none the less his saying gave me fear , Because I carried out the broken phrase , Perhaps to a worse meaning than ...
... soon as the beginning He covered up with what came afterward , That they were words quite different from the first ; But none the less his saying gave me fear , Because I carried out the broken phrase , Perhaps to a worse meaning than ...
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