The Divine Comedy, Volume 10Crowell, 1897 - 476 pages |
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Page xxvi
... stand in the third circle and gaze upon the innumerable company of the licen- tious , blown hither and thither by a ... standing at the foot of a tower on the shore of the Stygian marsh , whose sullen waters plash in the inky dark- ness ...
... stand in the third circle and gaze upon the innumerable company of the licen- tious , blown hither and thither by a ... standing at the foot of a tower on the shore of the Stygian marsh , whose sullen waters plash in the inky dark- ness ...
Page xxvii
... stand the three furies stained with blood and girdled and crowned with writhing serpents . " Let Medusa come , " they cry , " and turn him into stone . " And now doubt assails the heart of Virgil , and Dante's courage failing , he would ...
... stand the three furies stained with blood and girdled and crowned with writhing serpents . " Let Medusa come , " they cry , " and turn him into stone . " And now doubt assails the heart of Virgil , and Dante's courage failing , he would ...
Page xxviii
... stands the figure of an old man with his back turned toward Damietta and his face toward Rome . Like the figure seen by Nebuchadnezzar , its head is formed of pure gold , its arms and breast are of silver , and the rest is of brass and ...
... stands the figure of an old man with his back turned toward Damietta and his face toward Rome . Like the figure seen by Nebuchadnezzar , its head is formed of pure gold , its arms and breast are of silver , and the rest is of brass and ...
Page xxix
... stand out in such startling vividness in the Hell , we have in Purgatory passages whose impressiveness lies rather in the purely musical and spirit- ual elements of poetry . From terrace to terrace the poets mount , passing the souls of ...
... stand out in such startling vividness in the Hell , we have in Purgatory passages whose impressiveness lies rather in the purely musical and spirit- ual elements of poetry . From terrace to terrace the poets mount , passing the souls of ...
Page xxxi
... standing at midnight on the snowy summit of some Alpine mountain , with face upturned to the stars shining above him . In these pictures , as in the countless details which go to make them up , can be seen the power of Dante's ...
... standing at midnight on the snowy summit of some Alpine mountain , with face upturned to the stars shining above him . In these pictures , as in the countless details which go to make them up , can be seen the power of Dante's ...
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Page xvii - Who are these coming to the sacrifice? To what green altar, O mysterious priest, Leads't thou that heifer lowing at the skies, And all her silken flanks with garlands drest?
Page 5 - O vos omnes qui transitis per viam, attendite et videte si est dolor sicut dolor meus," and to pray them to stay and hear me.
Page 371 - Let both grow together until the harvest : and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
Page xxv - But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God : and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
Page 43 - I labor all I can, as she well knoweth. Wherefore if it be His pleasure through whom is the life of all things, that my life continue with me a few years, it is my hope that I shall yet write concerning her what hath not before been written of any woman.
Page 27 - I FELT a spirit of love begin to stir Within my heart, long time unfelt till then ; And saw Love coming towards me, fair and fain (That I scarce knew him for his joyful cheer), Saying,
Page 462 - Here vigor failed the towering fantasy : But yet the will rolled onward, like a wheel In even motion, by the love impelled, That moves the sun in heaven and all the stars.
Page 451 - Twixt gladness and, amaze, In sooth no will had I to utter aught, Or hear. And, as a pilgrim, when he rests Within the temple of his vow, looks round In breathless awe, and hopes some time to tell Of all its goodly state ; e'en so mine eyes Coursed up and down along the living light, Now low, and now aloft, and now around, Visiting every step. Looks I beheld, Where charity in soft persuasion sat ; Smiles from within, and radiance from above; And, in each gesture, grace and honour high.
Page 55 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice...
Page 458 - Here thou to us, of charity and love, Art, as the noon-day torch ; and art, beneath, To mortal men, of hope a living spring. So mighty art thou, lady, and so great...