THE DIVINE COMEDY: Inferno, Purgatorio & Paradiso (3 Classic Translations in One Edition). Dante Alighieri

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       After mine eyes had with meek reverence

       Sought the celestial guide, and were by her

       Assur'd, they turn'd again unto the light

       Who had so largely promis'd, and with voice

       That bare the lively pressure of my zeal,

       "Tell who ye are," I cried. Forthwith it grew

       In size and splendour, through augmented joy;

       And thus it answer'd: "A short date below

       The world possess'd me. Had the time been more,

       Much evil, that will come, had never chanc'd.

       My gladness hides thee from me, which doth shine

       Around, and shroud me, as an animal

       In its own silk unswath'd. Thou lov'dst me well,

       And had'st good cause; for had my sojourning

       Been longer on the earth, the love I bare thee

       Had put forth more than blossoms. The left bank,

       That Rhone, when he hath mix'd with Sorga, laves."