IN the midway * of this our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy wood, astray Gone from the path direct ; and e'en to tell, It were no easy task, how savage wild That forest, how robust and rough its growth, Which to remember only, my dismay Renews, in... The vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, tr. by H.F. Cary - Page viiby Dante Alighieri - 1814Full view - About this book
| 1824 - 604 pages
...opening paragraph is thus translated out of the original rhyme into blank verse, by Carey ; — 715 718 " In the midway of this our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy wood, astray, Gone from tbe path direct ; and e'en to tell It were no easy task, how savage wild That forest, how robust and... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1819 - 508 pages
...-fifth year of the poet's age, AD 1300, and to have occupied three days. The poein opens as follows. ' In the midway of this our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy wood astray 1819.] Dante. Gone from the path direct and e'en to tell It were ho easy task, how savage wild That... | |
| 1842 - 622 pages
...surpassed by Scripture, but they are evidently of a different kind. The first book thus opens, — " In the midway of this our mortal life, I found me...were no easy task, how savage wild That forest, how robust and rough its growth, Which to remember only, my dismay Renews, in bitterness not far from death.... | |
| Robert Walsh - 1822 - 402 pages
...Purgatory; and that be shall then l> oondueted by Beatrice into Paradise. He follows the Roman poet. Isr the midway* of this our mortal life, I found me in...were no easy task, how savage wild That forest, how robust and rough its growth, Which to remember only, my dismay Renews in bitterness not far from death.... | |
| 1822 - 628 pages
...pensier rinuuova la paura. Tanto e amara, die poco e piu morte. " In the midway of this our mortal life 1 found me in a gloomy wood, astray, Gone from the path direct: and e'en to tell It were no easy tash, how savage wild That forest, how robust and rough it's growth, Which to remember only, my dismay... | |
| Dante Alighieri - 1822
...Purgatory; and that he shall then be eondueted by Beatriee into Paradise. Ht follows the Roman poet, Is the midway* of this our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy wood, astray Gone from the path direet : and e'en to tell, It were no easy task, how savage wild That forest, how robust and rough... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford - 1822 - 414 pages
...the midway* of this our mortal life< 1 found me in a gloomy wood, astray Gone from the path direet : and e'en to tell< It were no easy task, how savage wild That forest, how robust and rough its growth, Whieh to remember only, my dismay Renews in bitterness not far from death.... | |
| Dante Alighieri - 1831 - 366 pages
...Purgatory ; and that he shall then be conducted by Beatrice into Paradise. He follows the Roman poet. IN the midway * of this our mortal life, I found me...were no easy task, how savage wild That forest, how robust and rough its growth, Which to remember only, my dismay Renews, in bitterness not far from death.... | |
| Dante Alighieri - 1844 - 606 pages
...that he shall then be condueted by Beatrice into Paradise. He follows the Roman poet. IN the midway1 of this our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy wood, astray Gone from the path direet : and e'en to tell, It were no easy task, how savage wild That forest, how robust and rough... | |
| Dante Alighieri - 1845 - 636 pages
...that he shall then be conducted by Beatrice into Paradise. Be follows the Roman poet. IN the midway1 of this our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy wood,...were no easy task, how savage wild That forest, how robust and rough its growth, Which to remember1 only, my dismay Renews, in bitterness not far from... | |
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