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Purgatory

Purgatory
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  • ISBN-13: 9780679642688
  • ISBN: 0679642684
  • Publisher: Random House Publishing Group

AUTHOR

Dante Alighieri, Esolen, Anthony M., Esolen, Anthony M.

SUMMARY

Per correr miglior acque alza le vele omai la navicella del mio ingegno, che lascia dietro a se mar si crudele; e cantero di quel secondo regno dove l'umano spirito si purga e di salire al ciel diventa degno. Ma qui la morta poesi resurga, o sante Muse, poi che vostro sono; e qui Caliope alquanto surga, seguitando il mio canto con quel suono di cui le Piche misere sentiro lo colpo tal, che disperar perdono. Dolce color d'oriental zaffiro, che s'accoglieva nel sereno aspetto del mezzo, puro infino al primo giro, Canto One The poets emerge from Hell and find themselves at the base of a tall mountain, just before dawn on Easter Sunday. There they meet Cato of Utica, the guardian of Purgatory. Following Cato's instructions, Virgil washes Dante's face and girds him with the reed of humility. My little ship of ingenuity now hoists her sails to speed through better waters, leaving behind so pitiless a sea, And I will sing about that second realm given the human soul to purge its sin and grow worthy to climb to Paradise. Here rise to life again, dead poetry! Let it, O holy Muses, for I am yours, and here, Calliope, strike a higher key, Accompanying my song with that sweet air which made the wretched Magpies feel a blow that turned all hope of pardon to despair. Sweet sapphire of the morning in the east, gathering in the starlit face of Heaven, pure from the zenith to the nearest ring, better waters: Purgatory, rather than pitiless Hell. Calliope: muse of epic poetry, also invoked by Virgil, Aeneid 9.520. She defeated the daughters of Pierus, king of Thessaly, in a singing match, and then, to punish their presumption, turned them into magpies (see Ovid, Metamorphoses 6.294340, 66278). nearest ring: the horizon. a li occhi miei ricomincio diletto, tosto ch'io usci' fuor de l'aura morta che m'avea contristati li occhi e 'l petto. Lo bel pianeto che d'amar conforta faceva tutto rider l'oriente, velando i Pesci ch'erano in sua scorta. I' mi volsi a man destra, e puosi mente a l'altro polo, e vidi quattro stelle non viste mai fuor ch'a la prima gente. Goder pareva 'l ciel di lor fiammelle: oh settentrional vedovo sito, poi che privato se' di mirar quelle! Com' io da loro sguardo fui partito, un poco me volgendo a l'altro polo, la onde 'l Carro gia era sparito, vidi presso di me un veglio solo, degno di tanta reverenza in vista, che piu non dee a padre alcun figliuolo. Lunga la barba e di pel bianco mista portava, a' suoi capelli simigliante, de' quai cadeva al petto doppia lista. Li raggi de le quattro luci sante fregiavan si la sua faccia di lume, chRDante Alighieri is the author of 'Purgatory' with ISBN 9780679642688 and ISBN 0679642684.

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