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The Comedy of Dante Allighieri. [sic]; Part I--The Hell
The Comedy of Dante Allighieri Part I--The Hell - sic Author:Dante Alighieri General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1865 Original Publisher: Macmillan and co. Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / Italian Poetry / Continental European Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General B... more »ooks edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CANTO VI. Third Circle: the Gluttons. Ciacco. On the returning of the mind, which shut Before the pity for the cognate twain1 The which with mournfulness confused me all, New torments round, and new tormented ones, I see about me, howsoe'er I move, And howsoe'er I turn, and how I gaze. In the third circle am I -- of the rain Accursed, everlasting, heavy, and cold : Ne'er is its measure new, or quality. Discoloured water, and great hail, and snow, Are pouring down the overdarkened air: The country which receives the same doth stink. Cerberus, a cruel and a diverse beast, Out of three throats is barking doggishly Over the people which is here submerged. (i) Duo cognati. This word, besides the general sense which I have rendered by "cognate," expresses in Italian the exact relationship of brother and sister in law. Vermilion eyes he hath, beard slimed and black, And wide the belly, and the hands are clawed : He tears the ghosts, and flays, and quarters them. Like unto dogs, the rain maketh them howl: With one o' the sides they make the other's screen : The miserable profane oft shift themselves. When Cerberus perceived us, the great worm,1 He oped his mouths, and showed his fangs to us : He had no limb that he would keep at rest. And hereupon my lord spread out his palms, Took up the earth, and with his fists at full Threw it withinside of the greedy tubes. Such as that dog may be which baying strains, And quiets him after he bites the food, ...« less