...to hatred turn'd, Nor Hell a fury, like a woman seorn'd. — William Congreve 'i'ht> Mourning Bride In the midway of this our mortal life, I found me...in a gloomy wood astray, Gone from the path direct. —Dante Aligbieri Iitforno hey say everything happens for a reason. I suppose it can be argued that...

...selvaggia e aspra e forte che nel pensier rinova la paura! Tant'e amara che poca e piu morte. . . . ["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...."]...

...mortal selfness. But when one clings to that idea of an immortal soul he follows Dante, In the midst of this our mortal life I found me in a gloomy wood, astray, gone from the path direct, and e'en to know the way it were no easy task. Even Jesus, himself, dallied with that temptation in its most insiduous...

...glen'd along the solitary shore, And sing in louder strains the heav'nly freight. (Boyd 18d2a: 93) In the midway of this our mortal life, I found me in a gloomy wood, astray Clone from the path direct: and e'en to tell, It were no easy task, how savage wild That forest, how...

...translated into English. The passages that follow are given in the version of HF Cary (1772-1844). HELL From CANTO i In the midway of this our mortal life, I found...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....

...translated into English. The passages that follow are given in the version of HF Cary (1772-1844). HELL From CANTO i In the midway of this our mortal life, I found...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....

...meets noted personages, with whom he converses. All the world knows the opening lines of the Inferno : "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."...

...life's promiscuous drama. Thus Dante, in his vision, saith; " In the midway of this our mortal life, 1 found me in a gloomy wood, astray, Gone from the path...were no easy task how savage, wild That forest, how robust and rough its growth, Which to remember onljr my dismay Renews, in bitterness not far from death....

...tenebris. " Dante describes the entrance to the Inferno in a similar style — (Gary's Translation) : "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." " But when a mountain's foot...