The Divine Comedy By Dante, Illustrated, Purgatory, volume 2
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"Glory of Latium!" he exclaim'd, "In whom our tongue its utmost power display'd!Boast of my honor'd birth-place! what desertOf mine, what favour rather undeserv'd, Shows thee to me? If I to hear that voiceAm worthy, say if from below thou com'stAnd from what cloister's pale?"--"Through every orbOf that sad region, " he reply'd, "thus farAm I arriv'd, by heav'nly influence ledAnd with such aid I come. There is a placeThere underneath, not made by torments sad, But by dun shades alone; where mour...ning's voiceSounds not of anguish sharp, but breathes in sighs. "There I with little innocents abide, Who by death's fangs were bitten, ere exemptFrom human taint. There I with those abide, Who the three holy virtues put not on, But understood the rest, and without blameFollow'd them all. But if thou know'st and canst, Direct us, how we soonest may arrive, Where Purgatory its true beginning takes. " He answer'd thus: "We have no certain placeAssign'd us: upwards I may go or round, Far as I can, I join thee for thy guide.
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