The divine comedy, tr. by H.W. Longfellow, Volume 21867 |
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Page 303
... stars appeared . " O manhood mine , why dost thou vanish so ? " I said within myself ; for I perceived The vigour of my legs was put in truce . We at the point were where no more ascends The stairway upward , and were motionless , Even ...
... stars appeared . " O manhood mine , why dost thou vanish so ? " I said within myself ; for I perceived The vigour of my legs was put in truce . We at the point were where no more ascends The stairway upward , and were motionless , Even ...
Page 306
... stars appear to us more rare , Formed like a bucket , that is all ablaze , And counter to the heavens ran through those paths Which the sun sets aflame , when he of Rome Sees it ' twixt Sardes and Corsicans go down ; And that patrician ...
... stars appear to us more rare , Formed like a bucket , that is all ablaze , And counter to the heavens ran through those paths Which the sun sets aflame , when he of Rome Sees it ' twixt Sardes and Corsicans go down ; And that patrician ...
Page 337
... stars More luminous and larger than their wont . Thus ruminating , and beholding these , Sleep seized upon me , -sleep , that oftentimes Before a deed is done has tidings of it . It was the hour , I think , when from the East First on ...
... stars More luminous and larger than their wont . Thus ruminating , and beholding these , Sleep seized upon me , -sleep , that oftentimes Before a deed is done has tidings of it . It was the hour , I think , when from the East First on ...
Page 344
... star followeth after star , There came close after them four animals , Incoronate each one with verdant leaf . Plumed with six wings was every one of them , The plumage full of eyes ; the eyes of Argus If they were living would be such ...
... star followeth after star , There came close after them four animals , Incoronate each one with verdant leaf . Plumed with six wings was every one of them , The plumage full of eyes ; the eyes of Argus If they were living would be such ...
Page 348
... stars are in conjunction , But by the largess of celestial graces , Which have such lofty vapours for their rain That near to them our sight approaches not , Such had this man become in his new life Potentially , that every righteous ...
... stars are in conjunction , But by the largess of celestial graces , Which have such lofty vapours for their rain That near to them our sight approaches not , Such had this man become in his new life Potentially , that every righteous ...
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