The Divine Comedy By Dante, Illustrated, Hell, volume 09
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As with circling roundOf turrets, Montereggion crowns his walls, E'en thus the shore, encompassing th' abyss, Was turreted with giants, half their lengthUprearing, horrible, whom Jove from heav'nYet threatens, when his mutt'ring thunder rolls. Of one already I descried the face, Shoulders, and breast, and of the belly hugeGreat part, and both arms down along his ribs. All-teeming nature, when her plastic handLeft framing of these monsters, did displayPast doubt her wisdom, taking from mad WarSu...ch slaves to do his bidding; and if sheRepent her not of th' elephant and whale, Who ponders well confesses her thereinWiser and more discreet; for when brute forceAnd evil will are back'd with subtlety, Resistance none avails. His visage seem'dIn length and bulk, as doth the pine, that topsSaint Peter's Roman fane; and th' other bonesOf like proportion, so that from aboveThe bank, which girdled him below, such heightArose his stature, that three FriezelandersHad striv'n in vain to reach but to his hair.
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