Dante's Divina Commedia: InfernoTinsley brothers, 1862 - 325 Seiten |
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abyss Amphiaraus anear answer'd Argument arms bear beast behold beneath bloody bore bourne bright brow Brunetto Latini CANTO Charles of Anjou Charles of Valois circle cried Dante dark darksome death descend descry dire discourse doth dread dwell e'en earth erst Eteocles Ev'n evil fain fame fear feet fierce fix'd flame Florence Florentine footsteps foul gainst gazed Ghibellines Guelphs Guelphs and Ghibellines Guido Guido da Montefeltro Guy de Montfort hast hath heart Hell land Leader limbs look'd Master mayst mournful ne'er neath nought o'er Obizzo d'Este onward pain pass'd path Phlegyas Pistoia Poet replied Rimini Sabellus seem'd Shade shalt shore sooth sore sorrow souls spake speak sped spirit stay'd stood strange tears tell Thebes thee thence thing thou dost thou wouldst tow'rds turn'd unto vale valley Virgil voice ween whence wherefore words wore wrath wretch yore
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Seite 15 - Inscription on the gate of Hell. — Punishment of the worthless, whose deeds were neither good nor evil. — Charon's bark, and voyage of the souls. " THROUGH me ye pass the mournful city's door ; Through me ye go to never-ending woe ; Through me are with the lost for evermore : By justice moved, my Maker willed it so, When I was form'd by the Supremest Mind, 5 From whom all love, and power, and wisdom flow. Before me, no created thing ye find, If not eternal ; ever I endure : O ye who enter here...
Seite 288 - Romans were killed, and the conqueror made a bridge with the dead carcasses; and as a sign of his victory, he sent to Carthage three bushels of gold rings which had been taken from 5630 Roman knights slain in the battle. Had...
Seite 1 - ABOUT the middle of life's onward way, I found myself within a darksome dell, Because from the true path I went astray. Alas ! how hard a thing it is to tell Of that dark wood, so rugged and so bare ; Anew I fear when there in thought I dwell Scarce death itself more bitterness doth wear ; Yet, to make known the good which thus I found, Now all its sorrows shall my tale declare.
Seite 34 - And as the dove, Whom the sweet calling of desire doth thrill, With spread and moveless wing flies to the nest, Borne onward only by the power of will, Ev'n thus those two, departing from the rest, 85 Came toward us, through the darksome air malign : So strong was the appeal to love addrest.
Seite 35 - Now tell The thing thou ponderest." I said, " Alas ! What love and musings sweet those two have led The downward way unto this dolorous pass...
Seite 36 - ... so thy spirit fill, I speak as one who weeps for what he says. One day we read, for pastime, how the thrill Of love the heart of Lancelot had known. We were alone, and had no thought of ill, And often from the book our eyes had gone, And often did our flushing cheeks grow pale, But we were conquered by one word alone. When we had read within that ancient tale How sweet of such a loving one the kiss, Then he who from my side shall never fail His lips to mine all tremblingly did press : Galeotto...
Seite 33 - And she who kill'd herself for love was there, Who to Sichseus' ashes broke her faith ; Then Cleopatra came, that wanton fair. Helen, for whom were done such deeds of death, I saw ; and great Achilles, on that shore, Who loved and fought until his latest breath. Paris was there, and Tristan ; many more He show'd to me, and pointed out by name Whom love from out the land of mortals bore. After those knights and dames of ancient fame, '° To me were shown by my instructor kind : Deep grief and pity...
Seite 33 - ... onward ever with a mournful cry. I said : " My Master, who are those that so 50 By the black air are chasten'd dolefully 1" " The first of those whose story thou wouldst know," At once to me he courteously replied, " Was one before whom many lands did bow.
Seite 250 - ... befall that ye should show Your mutual love unto each other's eyes?" And she replied to me : " No greater woe Can be than to remember happy days In misery : this doth thy leader know. But if desire to hear the early ways Of our affection so thy spirit fill, I speak as one who weeps for what he says. One day we read, for pastime, how the thrill Of love the heart of Lancelot had known.