Inferno, Canto XIVTHEN CAME WE TO A BOUNDARY, WHICH PARTSTHE THIRD AND SECOND CIRCLES, WHERE ARE SHOWNTHE RACKS OF JUSTICE, ...... WE REACHED A WIDE AND DESERT GROUND,THAT SPURNS EACH PLANT FROM ITS UNGENIAL BREAST;THIS PLAIN IS COMPASSED BY THE MOURNFUL WOOD,AND THAT ENCIRCLED BY THE FOSS PROFOUND:HERE ON THE VERY EDGE OF BOTH WE STOOD.BEFORE US LAY A THICK AND ARID SAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .O HEAVENLY VENGEANCE! HOW SHOULDEST THOU BE FEARED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .O’ER ALL THE SANDY DESERT FELL BELOWLARGE FLAKES OF FIRE, AS WHEN ON ALPINE HILL,WHILE SLEEP THE WINDS, ARE FALLING FLAKES OF SLOW.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .“LETHE, BEYOND THIS FOSS, THOU SHALT SURVEY,THERE, WHERE THE SHADES RESORT, THEIR FORMS TO LAVE,WHEN PENITENCE HATH WASHED THEIR SINS AWAY.”
Inferno, Canto XIV
THEN CAME WE TO A BOUNDARY, WHICH PARTSTHE THIRD AND SECOND CIRCLES, WHERE ARE SHOWNTHE RACKS OF JUSTICE, ...... WE REACHED A WIDE AND DESERT GROUND,THAT SPURNS EACH PLANT FROM ITS UNGENIAL BREAST;THIS PLAIN IS COMPASSED BY THE MOURNFUL WOOD,AND THAT ENCIRCLED BY THE FOSS PROFOUND:HERE ON THE VERY EDGE OF BOTH WE STOOD.BEFORE US LAY A THICK AND ARID SAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .O HEAVENLY VENGEANCE! HOW SHOULDEST THOU BE FEARED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .O’ER ALL THE SANDY DESERT FELL BELOWLARGE FLAKES OF FIRE, AS WHEN ON ALPINE HILL,WHILE SLEEP THE WINDS, ARE FALLING FLAKES OF SLOW.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .“LETHE, BEYOND THIS FOSS, THOU SHALT SURVEY,THERE, WHERE THE SHADES RESORT, THEIR FORMS TO LAVE,WHEN PENITENCE HATH WASHED THEIR SINS AWAY.”
THEN CAME WE TO A BOUNDARY, WHICH PARTSTHE THIRD AND SECOND CIRCLES, WHERE ARE SHOWNTHE RACKS OF JUSTICE, ...... WE REACHED A WIDE AND DESERT GROUND,THAT SPURNS EACH PLANT FROM ITS UNGENIAL BREAST;THIS PLAIN IS COMPASSED BY THE MOURNFUL WOOD,AND THAT ENCIRCLED BY THE FOSS PROFOUND:HERE ON THE VERY EDGE OF BOTH WE STOOD.BEFORE US LAY A THICK AND ARID SAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .O HEAVENLY VENGEANCE! HOW SHOULDEST THOU BE FEARED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .O’ER ALL THE SANDY DESERT FELL BELOWLARGE FLAKES OF FIRE, AS WHEN ON ALPINE HILL,WHILE SLEEP THE WINDS, ARE FALLING FLAKES OF SLOW.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .“LETHE, BEYOND THIS FOSS, THOU SHALT SURVEY,THERE, WHERE THE SHADES RESORT, THEIR FORMS TO LAVE,WHEN PENITENCE HATH WASHED THEIR SINS AWAY.”
THEN CAME WE TO A BOUNDARY, WHICH PARTSTHE THIRD AND SECOND CIRCLES, WHERE ARE SHOWNTHE RACKS OF JUSTICE, ...... WE REACHED A WIDE AND DESERT GROUND,THAT SPURNS EACH PLANT FROM ITS UNGENIAL BREAST;THIS PLAIN IS COMPASSED BY THE MOURNFUL WOOD,AND THAT ENCIRCLED BY THE FOSS PROFOUND:HERE ON THE VERY EDGE OF BOTH WE STOOD.BEFORE US LAY A THICK AND ARID SAND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .O HEAVENLY VENGEANCE! HOW SHOULDEST THOU BE FEARED. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .O’ER ALL THE SANDY DESERT FELL BELOWLARGE FLAKES OF FIRE, AS WHEN ON ALPINE HILL,WHILE SLEEP THE WINDS, ARE FALLING FLAKES OF SLOW.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .“LETHE, BEYOND THIS FOSS, THOU SHALT SURVEY,THERE, WHERE THE SHADES RESORT, THEIR FORMS TO LAVE,WHEN PENITENCE HATH WASHED THEIR SINS AWAY.”
THEN CAME WE TO A BOUNDARY, WHICH PARTS
THE THIRD AND SECOND CIRCLES, WHERE ARE SHOWN
THE RACKS OF JUSTICE, ...
... WE REACHED A WIDE AND DESERT GROUND,
THAT SPURNS EACH PLANT FROM ITS UNGENIAL BREAST;
THIS PLAIN IS COMPASSED BY THE MOURNFUL WOOD,
AND THAT ENCIRCLED BY THE FOSS PROFOUND:
HERE ON THE VERY EDGE OF BOTH WE STOOD.
BEFORE US LAY A THICK AND ARID SAND
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
O HEAVENLY VENGEANCE! HOW SHOULDEST THOU BE FEARED
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
O’ER ALL THE SANDY DESERT FELL BELOW
LARGE FLAKES OF FIRE, AS WHEN ON ALPINE HILL,
WHILE SLEEP THE WINDS, ARE FALLING FLAKES OF SLOW.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
“LETHE, BEYOND THIS FOSS, THOU SHALT SURVEY,
THERE, WHERE THE SHADES RESORT, THEIR FORMS TO LAVE,
WHEN PENITENCE HATH WASHED THEIR SINS AWAY.”
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