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... once I was , And both my parents were of Lombardy , And Mantuans by country both of them . Sub Julio was I born , though it was late , And lived at Rome under the good Augustus , During the time of false and lying gods . A poet was I ...
... once I was , And both my parents were of Lombardy , And Mantuans by country both of them . Sub Julio was I born , though it was late , And lived at Rome under the good Augustus , During the time of false and lying gods . A poet was I ...
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... once so worthy , Jacopo Rusticucci , Arrigo , and Mosca , And others who on good deeds set their thoughts , Say where they are , and cause that I may know them ; For great desire constraineth me to learn If Heaven doth sweeten them , or ...
... once so worthy , Jacopo Rusticucci , Arrigo , and Mosca , And others who on good deeds set their thoughts , Say where they are , and cause that I may know them ; For great desire constraineth me to learn If Heaven doth sweeten them , or ...
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... once , " said my Lord ; " thou shalt not have us Longer than in the passing of the slough . " As he who listens to some great deceit That has been done to him , and then resents it , Such became Phlegyas , in his gathered wrath . My ...
... once , " said my Lord ; " thou shalt not have us Longer than in the passing of the slough . " As he who listens to some great deceit That has been done to him , and then resents it , Such became Phlegyas , in his gathered wrath . My ...
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... once before I here below Was conjured by that pitiless Erictho , Who summoned back the shades unto their bodics . Naked of me short while the flesh had been , Before within that wall she made me enter , To bring a spirit from the circle ...
... once before I here below Was conjured by that pitiless Erictho , Who summoned back the shades unto their bodics . Naked of me short while the flesh had been , Before within that wall she made me enter , To bring a spirit from the circle ...
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... once we were , and now are changed to trees ; Indeed , thy hand should be more pitiful , Even if the souls of serpents we had been . " As out of a green brand , that is on fire At one of the ends , and from the other drips And hisses ...
... once we were , and now are changed to trees ; Indeed , thy hand should be more pitiful , Even if the souls of serpents we had been . " As out of a green brand , that is on fire At one of the ends , and from the other drips And hisses ...
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