Already of myself aloft I looked; Of sovran light. Thenceforward, what I saw, As one, who from a dream awakened, straight, 50 55 60 Of what thou then appearedst; give my tongue (Whose height what reach of mortal thought may soar?) 65 Power, but to leave one sparkle of thy glory, Such keenness from the living ray I met, I passed, as I remember, till my view 70 75 O grace, unenvying of thy boon! that gavest On the everlasting splendor, that I looked, While sight was unconsumed; and, in that depth, 80 69. "Chè, per tornare alquanto a mia memo- with their properties. ria, E per sonare un poco in questi versi, Più si conceperà di tua vittoria," "For if it returns somewhat to my memory, and if it sounds a little in these verses, more of 83. Scholastic terms; substance = that which exists in itself; accident = that which is inherent in a substance without forming part of its essence. The universal form; for that whene'er Beyond her proper self; and, till I speak, To that emprize, that first made Neptune wonder For all the good, that will may covet, there Is summed; and all, elsewhere defective found, Complete. My tongue shall utter now, no more 90 95 100 E'en what remembrance keeps, than could the babe's Was changed, (that ever as at first remained,) And toiled me with the change. In that abyss Seemed fire, breathe equally from both. O speech! I therefore pored upon the view. As one, 89. Cary's interpretation here differs from that of Scartazzini, Philalethes, Fraticelli, Bianchi, and others. He himself, in his corrected edition of his translation, refers to this second interpretation, which is as follows: Dante has gazed into the mind of God (which contains all things, past, present, and future) only an instant. What he saw, and now forgets, was greater than all that has occurred in the world's history, since the earliest known event, the expedition of the Argonauts, when the first ship, passing And deeply, that beginning, which he needs, 125 The novel wonder, and trace out the form, How to the circle fitted, and therein How placed but the flight was not for my wing; Had not a flash darted athwart my mind, 130 And, in the spleen, unfolded what it sought. That moves the sun in heaven and all the stars. 126. Dante is endeavoring to solve the mystery of the two natures in Christ, when a sudden flash reveals it. 132. His mind is overcome by the supreme 135 vision, and his voyage ends. Yet the Poet is content to have it so, since his will is in harmony with that of God. INDEX OF PROPER NAMES, EITHER EXPRESSLY MENTIONED, OR SUPPOSED TO BE REFERRED TO IN Abati, Bocca degli, H. xxxii. 105. Abraham, H. iv. 55. Absalom, H. xxviii. 132. Abydos, Purg. xxviii. 74. Accorso, H. xv. 110. Accorso, Francesco d', H. xv. III. Achan, Purg. xx. 107. Acheron, H. iii. 72; xiv. 111. Purg. ii. 100. Acone, Par. xvi. 64. Acquasparta, Par. xii. 115. Adam, H. iii. 107; iv. 52. Purg. ix. 9; xi. 45; Adige, H. xii. 4. Purg. xvi. 117. Par. ix. 44. Adrian V. Purg. xix. 97. Æneas, H. ii. 14, 34; iv. 119; xxvi. 61, 92. Purg. xviii. 135; xxi. 98. Par. vi. 3; xv. 26. Ahasuerus, Purg. xvii. 28. Alagna (or Anagni), Purg. xx. 86. Par. xxx. 145. Alardo, H. xxviii. 17. Alba, Par. vi. 38.. Alberichi, Par. xvi. 87. Alberigo. See Manfredi. Albero of Siena, H. xxix. 104. Albert I. Purg. vi. 98. Par. xix. 114. Alessandro of Romena, H. xxx. 76. Alexander the Great, H. xiv. 28. Alexander Pheræus, H. xii. 106. Alichino, H. xxi. 116; xxii. 111. Alighieri, son of Cacciaguida, Par. xv. 86. Alphonso III. King of Aragon, Purg. vii. 116. Alpine, Purg. xiv. 33; xxxiii. 110. Alverna, Par. xi. 98. Amata, Purg. xvii. 34. Amidei, Par. xvi. 135. Par. vi. 52. Amphiaräus, H. xx. 31. Par. iv. 100. Amyclas, Par. xi. 63. Anacreon, Purg. xxii. 105. Ananias, Par. xxvi. 13. 463 Arrigo. See Fifanti. Arrigucci, Par. xvi. 106. Arthur, H. xxxii. 59. Anchises, H. i. 69; iv. 119; xxvi. 94. Par. xv. Aruns, H. xx. 43. 25; xix. 128. Andes, Purg. xviii. 84. Andrea, da Sant', Giacomo, H. xiii. 134. Angelo. See Cagnano. Ann, Saint, Par. xxxii. 119. Annas, H. xxiii. 124. Anselm, Par. xii. 128. Anselm, son of Count Ugolino de' Gherardeschi, H. xxxiii. 48. Antæus, H. xxxi. 92, 103, 131. Antandros, Par. vi. 69. Antenor, Purg. v. 75. Antenora, H. xxxii. 89. Antigone, Purg. xxii. 108. Antiochus, H. xix. 90. Anthony, Saint, Par. xxix. 131. Ascesi, Par. xi. 49. Asciano, Caccia of, H. xxix. 126. Asdente, H. xx. 116. Asopus, Purg. xviii. 92. Assyrians, Purg. xii. 54. Athamas, H. xxx. 4. Athens, H. xii. 17. Purg. vi. 141; xv. 96. Par. xvii. 46. Atropos, H. xxxiii. 124. Attila, H. xii. 134; xiii. 150. August, Purg. v. 38. Augustine, Saint, Par. x. 117; xxxii. 30. Augustus, Par. xxx. 136. See Cæsar. Aulis, H. xx. 109. Apennine, H. xvi. 96; xx. 63. Purg. v. 94; Ausonian, Par. xi. 98. xxx. 87. Par. xxi. 97. Apollo, Purg. xx. 127. Par. i. 12; ii. 9. Apulia, H. xxviii. 7. See Pouille. Apulian, H. xxviii. 15. Aquarius, H. xxiv. 2. Aquinum, Purg. xxii. 14. Par. x. 96; xiv. 6. Arab, Par. vi. 50. Arachne, H. xvii. 18. Purg. xii. 39. Aragonia, Purg. iii. 113. Arbia, H. x. 84. Arca, Par. xvi. 90. Arcas, Par. xxxi. 30. Archiano, Purg. v. 93, 122. Arctic, Par. xxxi. 28. Ardelaffi. See Ordelaffi. Ardinghi, Par. xvi. 91. Arethusa, H. xxv. 89. Aurora, Purg. ii. 8; ix. 1. Ausonia, Par. viii. 63. Austrian, H. xxxii. 26. Aventine, H. xxv. 25. Averroes, H. iv. 141. Avicen, H. iv. 140. Azzo, Ubaldini of, Purg. xiv. 107. Babylonian, Par. xxiii. 129. Bacchiglione, H. xv. 115. Par. ix. 47. 22. Bagnacavallo, Purg. xiv. 118. Bagnoregio, Par. xii. 119. Balearic, H. xxviii. 79. Baptist. See John. Barbariccia, H. xxi. 118; xxii. 30, 57, 142. Arezzo, H. xxii. 6; xxix. 103; xxx. 32. Purg. Bari, Par. viii. 64. Aries, Purg. viii. 135; xxxii. 52. Par. i. 39; Belacqua, Purg. iv. 119. xxviii. 108. Belisarius, Par. vi. 25. Aristotle, H. iv. 128; xi. 104. Purg. iii. 41. Bella, Giano della, Par. xvi. 130. Par. viii. 125. Arius, Par. xiii. 123. Arles, H. ix. III. Arnaut. See Daniel. Arno, H. xiii. 148; xv. 115; xxiii. 95; xxx. Bellincion. See Berti. Bello, Geri del, H. xxix. 26. Belus, Par. ix. 93. Belzebub, H. xxxiv. 122. Benacus, H. xx. 60, 72, 75. |