description: Excerpt from The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri, Vol. 2Unto mine eyes did recommence delight Soon as I issued forth from the dead air, Which had with sadness filled mine eyes and breast. The beauteous planet, that to love iincites, Was making all the orient to laugh, Veiling the Fishes that were in her escort. To the right hand I turned, and fixed my mind Upon the other pole, and saw four stars Ne'er seen before save by the primal people. Rejoicing in their fiamelets seemed the heaven. O thou septentrional and widowed site, Because thou art deprived of seeing these! When from regarding them I had withdrawn, Turning a little to the other pole, There where the Wain had disappeared already, 30 I saw beside me an old man alone, Worthy of so much reverence in his look, That more owes not to father any son. A long beard and with white hair intermingled He wore, in semblance like unto the tresses, Of which a double list fell on his breast. The rays of the four consecrated stars Did so adorn his countenance with light.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
language: English
title: The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: 3 Volume Set
titlecomplete: The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: 3 Volume Set
characters: Trajan (emperor), Virgilio (Publius Vergilius Maro), Odysseus, Roland, Beatrice (Dante), Saul (biblical king), Mary (mother of Jesus), Dido of Carthage, Attila the Hun, Lucifer, Francesca da Rimini, Cerberus, Charon (mythology), Gaius Cassius Longinus, Brutus, Marcus Junius, Julius Caesar (Roman emperor), Dante Alighieri, Cleopatra, Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, Judas Iscariot, Achilles
genres: Fiction, Religion, Italy, Poetry, Philosophy, Classic Literature, Literature, Classics, Fantasy, Italian Literature
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series: La Divina Commedia
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publisher: Oxford University Press, USA