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The Purgatorio of Dante Alighieri (Classic Reprint)
The Purgatorio of Dante Alighieri - Classic Reprint Author:Dante Alighieri The poets issue on the low-lying-shore east of the Mount of Purgatory, and Dante's eyes, which in Hell have shared the misery of his heart, become once more the instruments of delight, as he looks into the clear blue sky and sees Venus near the eastern horizon (13-11). The South Pole of the Heavens is well above the southern horizon, and all is ... more »bathed in the lightof the glorious constellation neverseen since man, at the Fall, was banished to the Northern Hemisphere (21-27). Turning north, the poet perceives the venerable figure of Cato, his face illuminated by the four stars, typifying the four moral virtues (28-39). He challenges the poets as though fugitives from Hell (40-48); but Virgil pleads the command of a Lauy of Heaven, and explains that Dante still...
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