Category: Poetry

The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Hell, Volume 03

Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321; Doré, Gustave, 1832-1883 [Illustrator]; Cary, Henry Francis, 1772-1844 [Translator]· 2 chapters· 2,013 words

FROM the first circle I descended thus Down to the second, which, a lesser space Embracing, so much more of grief contains Provoking bitter moans. There, Minos stands Grinning with ghastly feature: he, of all Who enter, strict examining the crimes,

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1. Chapter 1

FROM the first circle I descended thus Down to the second, which, a lesser space Embracing, so much more of grief contains Provoking bitter moans. There, Minos stands Grinning w...

2. Chapter 2

MY sense reviving, that erewhile had droop'd With pity for the kindred shades, whence grief O'ercame me wholly, straight around I see New torments, new tormented souls, which wa...