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" To this the short remaining watch, that yet Our senses have to wake, refuse not proof Of the unpeopled world, following the track Of Phoebus. Call to mind from whence ye sprang: Ye were not form'd to live the life of brutes, But virtue to pursue and knowledge... "
The vision; or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, tr. by H.F. Cary - Page 99
by Dante Alighieri - 1814
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 196

1902 - 642 pages
...live the life of brutes, But virtue to pursue and knowledge high." With these few words I sharpened for the voyage The mind of my associates, that I then...scarcely have withheld them. To the dawn Our poop we turned, and for the witless flight Made our oars wings, still gaining on the left. Each star of the...
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Works of the British Poets: The vision of Dante Alighieri, tr. by H.F. Cary

Robert Walsh - 1822 - 402 pages
...The strĀ»its of Ribraltur' But virtue to pursue and knowledge high.' With these few words I sharpened for the voyage The mind of my associates, that I then Could scarcely have withheld them. To the dawn 120 Our poop we turn'd, and for the witless flight Made our oars wings, still gaining on the left....
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The Vision : Or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri, Volume 1

Dante Alighieri - 1831 - 366 pages
...were not form'd to live the life of brutes, ' But virtue to pursue and knowledge high.' With these few words I sharpen'd for the voyage The mind of my...dawn Our poop we turn'd, and for the witless flight Made our oars wings," still gaining on the left. Each star of the' other pole night now beheld,0 And...
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The Poems of the Vita Nuova and Convito of Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri - 1842 - 450 pages
...live the life of brutes. But virtue to pursue and knowledge high.' With these few words I sharpen 'd for the voyage The mind of my associates, that I then...dawn Our poop we turn'd, and for the witless flight Made our oars wings, still gaining on the left. Each star of the other pole night now beheld, And ours...
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The Vision: Or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise

Dante Alighieri - 1844 - 606 pages
...were not form'd to live the life of brutes, ' But virtue to pursue and knowledge high.' With these few words I sharpen'd for the voyage The mind of my...dawn Our poop we turn'd, and for the witless flight Made our oars wings 1, still gaining on the left. Each star of the other pole night now beheld2, And...
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The Vision; Or, Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri - 1850 - 656 pages
...were not fonn'cl to live the life of brutee, ' But virtue to pursue and knowledge high.' With these few words I sharpen'd for the voyage The mind of my...them. To the dawn Our poop we turn'd, and for the witlees flight Made our oars wings,1 still gaining on the left. Each star of the other pole night now...
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The Vision; Or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise

Dante Alighieri - 1853 - 1522 pages
...live the life of brutes, But virtue to pursue and knowledge high.' With these few words I eharpen'd for the voyage The mind of my associates, that I then...dawn Our poop we turn'd, and for the witless flight Made our oars wings,1 still gaining on the left Each star of the other pole night now beheld," And...
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Castellamonte; an autobiographical sketch illustrative of Italian life ...

Antonio Carlo N. Gallenga - 1854 - 396 pages
...town." I spoke earnestly ; they listened gravely. " With these few -words of mine, I sharpened thus The mind of my associates, that I then Could scarcely have withheld them."* Hence I proceeded to give the opportune instructions. The night was darker than I ever remember to...
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Dante as Philosopher, Patriot, and Poet: With an Analysis of the Divina ...

Vincenzo Botta - 1865 - 436 pages
...live the life of brutes, But virtue to pursue and knowledge high.' With these few words I sharpened for the voyage The mind of my associates, that I then...scarcely have withheld them. To the dawn Our poop we turned, and for the witless flight Made our oars wings, still gaining on the left. Each star of the...
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Homer: The Odyssey

William Lucas Collins - 1870 - 172 pages
...live 'the life of brutes, But virtue to pursue and knowledge high.' With these few words I sharpened for the voyage The mind of my associates, that I then...scarcely have withheld them. To the dawn Our poop we turned, and for the witless flight Made our oars wings,* still gaining on the left. Each star of the...
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