The InfernoBickers and Son, 1874 - 75 páginas |
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... ! ' twere a sad task and hard to say How wild that woodland was , how sharp , how strong Its growth , which ev'n in thought renews dismay . 1 Error . 5 B Does there to death such bitterness belong ? Yet wondrous THE INFERNO. ...
... ! ' twere a sad task and hard to say How wild that woodland was , how sharp , how strong Its growth , which ev'n in thought renews dismay . 1 Error . 5 B Does there to death such bitterness belong ? Yet wondrous THE INFERNO. ...
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... ev'n the air seem'd to shrink back afraid . And a She - wolf , 9 whose leanness seem'd to be Full fraught with all inordinate desire , And many a soul had fill'd with misery , Wrought in my spirit such confusion dire— So fearfully her ...
... ev'n the air seem'd to shrink back afraid . And a She - wolf , 9 whose leanness seem'd to be Full fraught with all inordinate desire , And many a soul had fill'd with misery , Wrought in my spirit such confusion dire— So fearfully her ...
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... Ev'n so upon that darksome steep ascending My thoughts consumed the enterprise of good , Embraced so soon , whereon my steps were wending . ' If rightly from thy language I conclude , ' The shade of that great - minded one replied ...
... Ev'n so upon that darksome steep ascending My thoughts consumed the enterprise of good , Embraced so soon , whereon my steps were wending . ' If rightly from thy language I conclude , ' The shade of that great - minded one replied ...
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... Ev'n Heaven is moved , and changed the stern decree . She to Lucia9 call'd , and made request , And said ; ' Now is thy faithful one in need Of thee : arise , and to his succour haste . ' Lucia , foe to every cruel deed , 10 Bestirr'd ...
... Ev'n Heaven is moved , and changed the stern decree . She to Lucia9 call'd , and made request , And said ; ' Now is thy faithful one in need Of thee : arise , and to his succour haste . ' Lucia , foe to every cruel deed , 10 Bestirr'd ...
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... Ev'n in like manner Adam's evil brood That desolate shore abandon one by one , As falcons by the fowler's voice pursued . Thus are they borne across the waters dun ; And , ere they light upon the farther strand , Another crew doth ...
... Ev'n in like manner Adam's evil brood That desolate shore abandon one by one , As falcons by the fowler's voice pursued . Thus are they borne across the waters dun ; And , ere they light upon the farther strand , Another crew doth ...
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accursed anguish Appear'd began behold beneath Bianchi breast brow calf extra CANTO Cavalcante Cavalcanti Cerberus Ciacco circle cloth Cowden Clarke cried Dante dark deep descend doleful dost doth dread earth edition enter'd Erinnyes Ev'n exclaim'd eyes Farinata Farinata degli Uberti fast shut fear forthwith French morocco gate gazed Ghibelline gilt gloom glory Guelf Guide Guido Guido Cavalcanti hand hast hath hear heaven held in light Hell impell'd lake LEICESTER SQUARE lofty longing wish loud MARY COWDEN CLARKE Master may'st thou Monte Aperto morocco moved onward pain Paolo Malatesta pass'd Phlegyas Pirithous Poet Quarnaro rest rhyme round seem'd sepulchres shade Shakespeare's sighs spake speech sphere sweet tears Theseus thine thou may'st thou seest thou shalt thou would'st thro Tisiphone tombs toned paper torments turn'd Twas Uberti unto utterance view the souls Virgil voice wailings whereat wherefore wherein words wrath yonder ΙΟ
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