The Divine Comedy By Dante, Illustrated, Purgatory, volume 1
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"Ye suppose perchanceUs well acquainted with this place: but here, We, as yourselves, are strangers. Not long erstWe came, before you but a little space, By other road so rough and hard, that nowThe' ascent will seem to us as play. " The spirits, Who from my breathing had perceiv'd I liv'd, Grew pale with wonder. As the multitudeFlock round a herald, sent with olive branch, To hear what news he brings, and in their hasteTread one another down, e'en so at sightOf me those happy spirits were fix'...d, each oneForgetful of its errand, to depart, Where cleans'd from sin, it might be made all fair. Then one I saw darting before the restWith such fond ardour to embrace me, ITo do the like was mov'd. O shadows vainExcept in outward semblance! thrice my handsI clasp'd behind it, they as oft return'dEmpty into my breast again. SurpriseI needs must think was painted in my looks, For that the shadow smil'd and backward drew. To follow it I hasten'd, but with voiceOf sweetness it enjoin'd me to desist.
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