The Divine comedy of Dante Alighieri, translated by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowRiverside Press, 1886 |
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Æneid angel appeared ascend battle Beatrice beautiful began behold Boniface Brunetto Latini Cæsar called CANTO chariot Charles of Anjou Charles of Valois Christ Christian Church Cimabue circle color Conradin Corso Donati Dante Dante's daughter death delight divine Divine Comedy dost doth earth eternal eyes face father feet fire flame Florence flowers Forese Forlì Ghibelline Ghino Ghino di Tacco Giotto gold hand hast hath heard heart heaven holy honor Italian Italy king lady light Line living look Lord Messer Milton mind mountain nature never night noble Ottimo Ovid Paradise Podestà poem poet Pope Provençal punishment Purgatory river Rome round says shade side Siena sight singing song Sordello soul speak spirit stars Statius sweet thee thine things thou tow'rds tree turned Tuscany unto Virgil Virgilius virtue weeping Whence words
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Page 258 - And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding, and answers. And when they saw him they were amazed : and his mother said unto him son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? Behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
Page 315 - And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
Page 187 - Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Page 207 - Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you : for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. 36 While ye have light, believe in the./ light, that ye may be the children of light.
Page 259 - Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord, and cast him out of the city, and stoned him ; and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, " Lord, lay not this sin to their charge.
Page 259 - And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Page 336 - Also out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance ; they had the likeness of a man. And every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.
Page 9 - O poet saturnine ! And strive to make my steps keep pace with thine. The air is filled with some unknown perfume ; The congregation of the dead make room For thee to pass ; the votive tapers shine ; Like rooks that haunt Ravenna's groves of pine The hovering echoes fly from tomb to tomb. From the confessionals I hear arise Rehearsals of forgotten tragedies, And lamentations from the crypts below ; And then a voice celestial that begins With the pathetic words, " Although your sins As scarlet be,"...
Page 334 - And round about the throne were four and twenty seats; and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment, and they had on their heads crowns of gold.
Page 352 - And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.