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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Vision of Purgatory, Part 1 + +Author: Dante Alighieri + +Release Date: August 3, 2004 [EBook #8790] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE VISION OF PURGATORY, PART 1 *** + + + + +Produced by David Widger + + + + + +</pre> + + + + + + +<br> +<hr> +<br><br><br><br><br><br> + + + +<center> +<h1>THE VISION</h1><br> +<h2>OF</h2><br> +<h1>HELL, PURGATORY, AND PARADISE</h1><br> +<h2>BY</h2><br> +<h1>DANTE ALIGHIERI</h1> + +<br><br><br> +<br><br><br> +<h2>PURGATORY</h2> +<h3>Part 1</h3> +<br><br><br> +<h3>TRANSLATED BY</h3><br> +<h2>THE REV. H. F. CARY, M.A.</h2> + +<br><br><br><br> +<a href="images/cover.jpg"><img alt="coverth.jpg (42K)" src="images/coverth.jpg" height="478" width="553"></a> +<br><br><br><br> +<a href="images/frontispiece.jpg"><img alt="front2.jpg (41K)" src="images/front2.jpg" height="477" width="431"></a> +<br><br><br><br> +<a href="images/titlepage.jpg"><img alt="title2.jpg (21K)" src="images/title2.jpg" height="535" width="416"></a> + +<br><br><br><br> +<br><br><br><br> +<h1>PURGATORY</h1> +</center> +<br><br><br><br> + + +<center> +<h2>LIST OF CANTOS</h2> +</center> + +<center> +<table summary="Contents"> +<tr><td> + + + +<a href="#1">Canto 1</a><br> +<a href="#2">Canto 2</a><br> +<a href="#3">Canto 3</a><br> +<a href="#4">Canto 4</a><br> + + + +</td></tr> +</table> +</center> +<br><br><br><br> +<center> +<table summary="Purgatory"> +<tr><td> +<br><br> + + + +<br><br> +<a name="1"></a> +<br><br> +<h2>CANTO I</h2> +<br> + +<p> +O'er better waves to speed her rapid course<br> +The light bark of my genius lifts the sail,<br> +Well pleas'd to leave so cruel sea behind;<br> +And of that second region will I sing,<br> +In which the human spirit from sinful blot<br> +Is purg'd, and for ascent to Heaven prepares.<br> +<br>Here, O ye hallow'd Nine! for in your train<br> +I follow, here the deadened strain revive;<br> +Nor let Calliope refuse to sound<br> +A somewhat higher song, of that loud tone,<br> +Which when the wretched birds of chattering note<br> +Had heard, they of forgiveness lost all hope.<br> +<br>Sweet hue of eastern sapphire, that was spread<br> +O'er the serene aspect of the pure air,<br> +High up as the first circle, to mine eyes<br> +Unwonted joy renew'd, soon as I 'scap'd<br> +Forth from the atmosphere of deadly gloom,<br> +That had mine eyes and bosom fill'd with grief.<br> +The radiant planet, that to love invites,<br> +Made all the orient laugh, and veil'd beneath<br> +The Pisces' light, that in his escort came.<br> + +<br><br><br><br> +<a href="images/01-19.jpg"><img alt="01-19th.jpg (38K)" src="images/01-19th.jpg" height="477" width="432"></a> +<br><br><br><br> + +<br>To the right hand I turn'd, and fix'd my mind<br> +On the' other pole attentive, where I saw<br> +Four stars ne'er seen before save by the ken<br> +Of our first parents. Heaven of their rays<br> +Seem'd joyous. O thou northern site, bereft<br> +Indeed, and widow'd, since of these depriv'd!<br> +<br>As from this view I had desisted, straight<br> +Turning a little tow'rds the other pole,<br> +There from whence now the wain had disappear'd,<br> +I saw an old man standing by my side<br> +Alone, so worthy of rev'rence in his look,<br> +That ne'er from son to father more was ow'd.<br> +Low down his beard and mix'd with hoary white<br> +Descended, like his locks, which parting fell<br> +Upon his breast in double fold. The beams<br> +Of those four luminaries on his face<br> +So brightly shone, and with such radiance clear<br> +Deck'd it, that I beheld him as the sun.<br> +<br>"Say who are ye, that stemming the blind stream,<br> +Forth from th' eternal prison-house have fled?"<br> +He spoke and moved those venerable plumes.<br> +"Who hath conducted, or with lantern sure<br> +Lights you emerging from the depth of night,<br> +That makes the infernal valley ever black?<br> +Are the firm statutes of the dread abyss<br> +Broken, or in high heaven new laws ordain'd,<br> +That thus, condemn'd, ye to my caves approach?"<br> + + +<br><br><br><br> +<a href="images/01-49.jpg"><img alt="01-49th.jpg (35K)" src="images/01-49th.jpg" height="477" width="430"></a> +<br><br><br><br> + + +<br>My guide, then laying hold on me, by words<br> +And intimations given with hand and head,<br> +Made my bent knees and eye submissive pay<br> +Due reverence; then thus to him replied.<br> +<br>"Not of myself I come; a Dame from heaven<br> +Descending, had besought me in my charge<br> +To bring. But since thy will implies, that more<br> +Our true condition I unfold at large,<br> +Mine is not to deny thee thy request.<br> +This mortal ne'er hath seen the farthest gloom.<br> +But erring by his folly had approach'd<br> +So near, that little space was left to turn.<br> +Then, as before I told, I was dispatch'd<br> +To work his rescue, and no way remain'd<br> +Save this which I have ta'en. I have display'd<br> +Before him all the regions of the bad;<br> +And purpose now those spirits to display,<br> +That under thy command are purg'd from sin.<br> +How I have brought him would be long to say.<br> +From high descends the virtue, by whose aid<br> +I to thy sight and hearing him have led.<br> +Now may our coming please thee. In the search<br> +Of liberty he journeys: that how dear<br> +They know, who for her sake have life refus'd.<br> +Thou knowest, to whom death for her was sweet<br> +In Utica, where thou didst leave those weeds,<br> +That in the last great day will shine so bright.<br> +For us the' eternal edicts are unmov'd:<br> +He breathes, and I am free of Minos' power,<br> +Abiding in that circle where the eyes<br> +Of thy chaste Marcia beam, who still in look<br> +Prays thee, O hallow'd spirit! to own her shine.<br> +Then by her love we' implore thee, let us pass<br> +Through thy sev'n regions; for which best thanks<br> +I for thy favour will to her return,<br> +If mention there below thou not disdain."<br> +<br>"Marcia so pleasing in my sight was found,"<br> +He then to him rejoin'd, "while I was there,<br> +That all she ask'd me I was fain to grant.<br> +Now that beyond the' accursed stream she dwells,<br> +She may no longer move me, by that law,<br> +Which was ordain'd me, when I issued thence.<br> +Not so, if Dame from heaven, as thou sayst,<br> +Moves and directs thee; then no flattery needs.<br> +Enough for me that in her name thou ask.<br> +Go therefore now: and with a slender reed<br> +See that thou duly gird him, and his face<br> +Lave, till all sordid stain thou wipe from thence.<br> +For not with eye, by any cloud obscur'd,<br> +Would it be seemly before him to come,<br> +Who stands the foremost minister in heaven.<br> +This islet all around, there far beneath,<br> +Where the wave beats it, on the oozy bed<br> +Produces store of reeds. No other plant,<br> +Cover'd with leaves, or harden'd in its stalk,<br> +There lives, not bending to the water's sway.<br> +After, this way return not; but the sun<br> +Will show you, that now rises, where to take<br> +The mountain in its easiest ascent."<br> +<br>He disappear'd; and I myself uprais'd<br> +Speechless, and to my guide retiring close,<br> +Toward him turn'd mine eyes. He thus began;<br> +"My son! observant thou my steps pursue.<br> +We must retreat to rearward, for that way<br> +The champain to its low extreme declines."<br> +<br>The dawn had chas'd the matin hour of prime,<br> +Which deaf before it, so that from afar<br> +I spy'd the trembling of the ocean stream.<br> +<br>We travers'd the deserted plain, as one<br> +Who, wander'd from his track, thinks every step<br> +Trodden in vain till he regain the path.<br> +<br>When we had come, where yet the tender dew<br> +Strove with the sun, and in a place, where fresh<br> +The wind breath'd o'er it, while it slowly dried;<br> +Both hands extended on the watery grass<br> +My master plac'd, in graceful act and kind.<br> +Whence I of his intent before appriz'd,<br> +Stretch'd out to him my cheeks suffus'd with tears.<br> +There to my visage he anew restor'd<br> +That hue, which the dun shades of hell conceal'd.<br> +<br>Then on the solitary shore arriv'd,<br> +That never sailing on its waters saw<br> +Man, that could after measure back his course,<br> +He girt me in such manner as had pleas'd<br> +Him who instructed, and O, strange to tell!<br> +As he selected every humble plant,<br> +Wherever one was pluck'd, another there<br> +Resembling, straightway in its place arose.</p> + + +<br><br> +<a name="2"></a> +<br><br> +<h2>CANTO II</h2> +<br> + +<p>Now had the sun to that horizon reach'd,<br> +That covers, with the most exalted point<br> +Of its meridian circle, Salem's walls,<br> +And night, that opposite to him her orb<br> +Sounds, from the stream of Ganges issued forth,<br> +Holding the scales, that from her hands are dropp'd<br> +When she reigns highest: so that where I was,<br> +Aurora's white and vermeil-tinctur'd cheek<br> +To orange turn'd as she in age increas'd.<br> +<br>Meanwhile we linger'd by the water's brink,<br> +Like men, who, musing on their road, in thought<br> +Journey, while motionless the body rests.<br> +When lo! as near upon the hour of dawn,<br> +Through the thick vapours Mars with fiery beam<br> +Glares down in west, over the ocean floor;<br> +So seem'd, what once again I hope to view,<br> +A light so swiftly coming through the sea,<br> +No winged course might equal its career.<br> +From which when for a space I had withdrawn<br> +Thine eyes, to make inquiry of my guide,<br> +Again I look'd and saw it grown in size<br> +And brightness: thou on either side appear'd<br> +Something, but what I knew not of bright hue,<br> +And by degrees from underneath it came<br> +Another. My preceptor silent yet<br> +Stood, while the brightness, that we first discern'd,<br> +Open'd the form of wings: then when he knew<br> +The pilot, cried aloud, "Down, down; bend low<br> +Thy knees; behold God's angel: fold thy hands:<br> +Now shalt thou see true Ministers indeed."<br> + + + +<br><br><br><br> +<a href="images/02-27.jpg"><img alt="02-27th.jpg (33K)" src="images/02-27th.jpg" height="476" width="436"></a> +<br><br><br><br> + + +Lo how all human means he sets at naught!<br> +So that nor oar he needs, nor other sail<br> +Except his wings, between such distant shores.<br> +Lo how straight up to heaven he holds them rear'd,<br> +Winnowing the air with those eternal plumes,<br> +That not like mortal hairs fall off or change!"<br> +<br>As more and more toward us came, more bright<br> +Appear'd the bird of God, nor could the eye<br> +Endure his splendor near: I mine bent down.<br> +He drove ashore in a small bark so swift<br> +And light, that in its course no wave it drank.<br> +The heav'nly steersman at the prow was seen,<br> +Visibly written blessed in his looks.<br> + + +<br><br><br><br> +<a href="images/02-42.jpg"><img alt="02-42th.jpg (31K)" src="images/02-42th.jpg" height="477" width="427"></a> +<br><br><br><br> + + +Within a hundred spirits and more there sat.<br> +"In Exitu Israel de Aegypto;"<br> +All with one voice together sang, with what<br> +In the remainder of that hymn is writ.<br> +Then soon as with the sign of holy cross<br> +He bless'd them, they at once leap'd out on land,<br> +The swiftly as he came return'd. The crew,<br> +There left, appear'd astounded with the place,<br> +Gazing around as one who sees new sights.<br> +<br>From every side the sun darted his beams,<br> +And with his arrowy radiance from mid heav'n<br> +Had chas'd the Capricorn, when that strange tribe<br> +Lifting their eyes towards us: "If ye know,<br> +Declare what path will Lead us to the mount."<br> +<br>Them Virgil answer'd. "Ye suppose perchance<br> +Us well acquainted with this place: but here,<br> +We, as yourselves, are strangers. Not long erst<br> +We came, before you but a little space,<br> +By other road so rough and hard, that now<br> +The' ascent will seem to us as play." The spirits,<br> +Who from my breathing had perceiv'd I liv'd,<br> +Grew pale with wonder. As the multitude<br> +Flock round a herald, sent with olive branch,<br> +To hear what news he brings, and in their haste<br> +Tread one another down, e'en so at sight<br> +Of me those happy spirits were fix'd, each one<br> +Forgetful of its errand, to depart,<br> +Where cleans'd from sin, it might be made all fair.<br> +<br>Then one I saw darting before the rest<br> +With such fond ardour to embrace me, I<br> +To do the like was mov'd. O shadows vain<br> +Except in outward semblance! thrice my hands<br> +I clasp'd behind it, they as oft return'd<br> +Empty into my breast again. Surprise<br> +I needs must think was painted in my looks,<br> +For that the shadow smil'd and backward drew.<br> +To follow it I hasten'd, but with voice<br> +Of sweetness it enjoin'd me to desist.<br> +Then who it was I knew, and pray'd of it,<br> +To talk with me, it would a little pause.<br> +It answered: "Thee as in my mortal frame<br> +I lov'd, so loos'd forth it I love thee still,<br> +And therefore pause; but why walkest thou here?"<br> +<br>"Not without purpose once more to return,<br> +Thou find'st me, my Casella, where I am<br> +Journeying this way;" I said, "but how of thee<br> +Hath so much time been lost?" He answer'd straight:<br> +"No outrage hath been done to me, if he<br> +Who when and whom he chooses takes, me oft<br> +This passage hath denied, since of just will<br> +His will he makes. These three months past indeed,<br> +He, whose chose to enter, with free leave<br> +Hath taken; whence I wand'ring by the shore<br> +Where Tyber's wave grows salt, of him gain'd kind<br> +Admittance, at that river's mouth, tow'rd which<br> +His wings are pointed, for there always throng<br> +All such as not to Archeron descend."<br> +<br>Then I: "If new laws have not quite destroy'd<br> +Memory and use of that sweet song of love,<br> +That while all my cares had power to 'swage;<br> +Please thee with it a little to console<br> +My spirit, that incumber'd with its frame,<br> +Travelling so far, of pain is overcome."<br> +<br>"Love that discourses in my thoughts." He then<br> +Began in such soft accents, that within<br> +The sweetness thrills me yet. My gentle guide<br> +And all who came with him, so well were pleas'd,<br> +That seem'd naught else might in their thoughts have room.<br> +<br>Fast fix'd in mute attention to his notes<br> +We stood, when lo! that old man venerable<br> +Exclaiming, "How is this, ye tardy spirits?<br> +What negligence detains you loit'ring here?<br> +Run to the mountain to cast off those scales,<br> +That from your eyes the sight of God conceal."<br> +<br>As a wild flock of pigeons, to their food<br> +Collected, blade or tares, without their pride<br> +Accustom'd, and in still and quiet sort,<br> +If aught alarm them, suddenly desert<br> +Their meal, assail'd by more important care;<br> +So I that new-come troop beheld, the song<br> +Deserting, hasten to the mountain's side,<br> +As one who goes yet where he tends knows not.<br> +<br>Nor with less hurried step did we depart.</p> + + +<br><br> +<a name="3"></a> +<br><br> +<h2>CANTO III</h2> +<br> + + +<p>Them sudden flight had scatter'd over the plain,<br> +Turn'd tow'rds the mountain, whither reason's voice<br> +Drives us; I to my faithful company<br> +Adhering, left it not. For how of him<br> +Depriv'd, might I have sped, or who beside<br> +Would o'er the mountainous tract have led my steps<br> +He with the bitter pang of self-remorse<br> +Seem'd smitten. O clear conscience and upright<br> +How doth a little fling wound thee sore!<br> +<br>Soon as his feet desisted (slack'ning pace),<br> +From haste, that mars all decency of act,<br> +My mind, that in itself before was wrapt,<br> +Its thoughts expanded, as with joy restor'd:<br> +And full against the steep ascent I set<br> +My face, where highest to heav'n its top o'erflows.<br> +<br>The sun, that flar'd behind, with ruddy beam<br> +Before my form was broken; for in me<br> +His rays resistance met. I turn'd aside<br> +With fear of being left, when I beheld<br> +Only before myself the ground obscur'd.<br> +When thus my solace, turning him around,<br> +Bespake me kindly: "Why distrustest thou?<br> +Believ'st not I am with thee, thy sure guide?<br> +It now is evening there, where buried lies<br> +The body, in which I cast a shade, remov'd<br> +To Naples from Brundusium's wall. Nor thou<br> +Marvel, if before me no shadow fall,<br> +More than that in the sky element<br> +One ray obstructs not other. To endure<br> +Torments of heat and cold extreme, like frames<br> +That virtue hath dispos'd, which how it works<br> +Wills not to us should be reveal'd. Insane<br> +Who hopes, our reason may that space explore,<br> +Which holds three persons in one substance knit.<br> +Seek not the wherefore, race of human kind;<br> +Could ye have seen the whole, no need had been<br> +For Mary to bring forth. Moreover ye<br> +Have seen such men desiring fruitlessly;<br> +To whose desires repose would have been giv'n,<br> +That now but serve them for eternal grief.<br> +I speak of Plato, and the Stagyrite,<br> +And others many more." And then he bent<br> +Downwards his forehead, and in troubled mood<br> +Broke off his speech. Meanwhile we had arriv'd<br> +Far as the mountain's foot, and there the rock<br> +Found of so steep ascent, that nimblest steps<br> +To climb it had been vain. The most remote<br> +Most wild untrodden path, in all the tract<br> +'Twixt Lerice and Turbia were to this<br> +A ladder easy' and open of access.<br> +<br>"Who knows on which hand now the steep declines?"<br> +My master said and paus'd, "so that he may<br> +Ascend, who journeys without aid of wine?"<br> +And while with looks directed to the ground<br> +The meaning of the pathway he explor'd,<br> +And I gaz'd upward round the stony height,<br> +Of spirits, that toward us mov'd their steps,<br> +Yet moving seem'd not, they so slow approach'd.<br> + + +<br><br><br><br> +<a href="images/03-50.jpg"><img alt="03-50th.jpg (35K)" src="images/03-50th.jpg" height="476" width="428"></a> +<br><br><br><br> + + +<br>I thus my guide address'd: "Upraise thine eyes,<br> +Lo that way some, of whom thou may'st obtain<br> +Counsel, if of thyself thou find'st it not!"<br> +<br>Straightway he look'd, and with free speech replied:<br> +"Let us tend thither: they but softly come.<br> +And thou be firm in hope, my son belov'd."<br> +<br>Now was that people distant far in space<br> +A thousand paces behind ours, as much<br> +As at a throw the nervous arm could fling,<br> +When all drew backward on the messy crags<br> +Of the steep bank, and firmly stood unmov'd<br> +As one who walks in doubt might stand to look.<br> +<br>"O spirits perfect! O already chosen!"<br> +Virgil to them began, "by that blest peace,<br> +Which, as I deem, is for you all prepar'd,<br> +Instruct us where the mountain low declines,<br> +So that attempt to mount it be not vain.<br> +For who knows most, him loss of time most grieves."<br> +<br>As sheep, that step from forth their fold, by one,<br> +Or pairs, or three at once; meanwhile the rest<br> +Stand fearfully, bending the eye and nose<br> +To ground, and what the foremost does, that do<br> +The others, gath'ring round her, if she stops,<br> +Simple and quiet, nor the cause discern;<br> +So saw I moving to advance the first,<br> +Who of that fortunate crew were at the head,<br> +Of modest mien and graceful in their gait.<br> +When they before me had beheld the light<br> +From my right side fall broken on the ground,<br> +So that the shadow reach'd the cave, they stopp'd<br> +And somewhat back retir'd: the same did all,<br> +Who follow'd, though unweeting of the cause.<br> +<br>"Unask'd of you, yet freely I confess,<br> +This is a human body which ye see.<br> +That the sun's light is broken on the ground,<br> +Marvel not: but believe, that not without<br> +Virtue deriv'd from Heaven, we to climb<br> +Over this wall aspire." So them bespake<br> +My master; and that virtuous tribe rejoin'd;<br> +"Turn, and before you there the entrance lies,"<br> +Making a signal to us with bent hands.<br> +<br>Then of them one began. "Whoe'er thou art,<br> +Who journey'st thus this way, thy visage turn,<br> +Think if me elsewhere thou hast ever seen."<br> +<br>I tow'rds him turn'd, and with fix'd eye beheld.<br> +Comely, and fair, and gentle of aspect,<br> +He seem'd, but on one brow a gash was mark'd.<br> +<br>When humbly I disclaim'd to have beheld<br> +Him ever: "Now behold!" he said, and show'd<br> +High on his breast a wound: then smiling spake.<br> +<br>"I am Manfredi, grandson to the Queen<br> +Costanza: whence I pray thee, when return'd,<br> +To my fair daughter go, the parent glad<br> +Of Aragonia and Sicilia's pride;<br> +And of the truth inform her, if of me<br> +Aught else be told. When by two mortal blows<br> +My frame was shatter'd, I betook myself<br> +Weeping to him, who of free will forgives.<br> +My sins were horrible; but so wide arms<br> +Hath goodness infinite, that it receives<br> +All who turn to it. Had this text divine<br> +Been of Cosenza's shepherd better scann'd,<br> +Who then by Clement on my hunt was set,<br> +Yet at the bridge's head my bones had lain,<br> +Near Benevento, by the heavy mole<br> +Protected; but the rain now drenches them,<br> +And the wind drives, out of the kingdom's bounds,<br> +Far as the stream of Verde, where, with lights<br> +Extinguish'd, he remov'd them from their bed.<br> +Yet by their curse we are not so destroy'd,<br> +But that the eternal love may turn, while hope<br> +Retains her verdant blossoms. True it is,<br> +That such one as in contumacy dies<br> +Against the holy church, though he repent,<br> +Must wander thirty-fold for all the time<br> +In his presumption past; if such decree<br> +Be not by prayers of good men shorter made<br> +Look therefore if thou canst advance my bliss;<br> +Revealing to my good Costanza, how<br> +Thou hast beheld me, and beside the terms<br> +Laid on me of that interdict; for here<br> +By means of those below much profit comes."</p> + +<br><br> +<a name="4"></a> +<br><br> +<h2>CANTO IV</h2> +<br> + +<p>When by sensations of delight or pain,<br> +That any of our faculties hath seiz'd,<br> +Entire the soul collects herself, it seems<br> +She is intent upon that power alone,<br> +And thus the error is disprov'd which holds<br> +The soul not singly lighted in the breast.<br> +And therefore when as aught is heard or seen,<br> +That firmly keeps the soul toward it turn'd,<br> +Time passes, and a man perceives it not.<br> +For that, whereby he hearken, is one power,<br> +Another that, which the whole spirit hash;<br> +This is as it were bound, while that is free.<br> +<br>This found I true by proof, hearing that spirit<br> +And wond'ring; for full fifty steps aloft<br> +The sun had measur'd unobserv'd of me,<br> +When we arriv'd where all with one accord<br> +The spirits shouted, "Here is what ye ask."<br> +<br>A larger aperture ofttimes is stopp'd<br> +With forked stake of thorn by villager,<br> +When the ripe grape imbrowns, than was the path,<br> +By which my guide, and I behind him close,<br> +Ascended solitary, when that troop<br> +Departing left us. On Sanleo's road<br> +Who journeys, or to Noli low descends,<br> +Or mounts Bismantua's height, must use his feet;<br> +But here a man had need to fly, I mean<br> +With the swift wing and plumes of high desire,<br> +Conducted by his aid, who gave me hope,<br> +And with light furnish'd to direct my way.<br> + + +<br><br><br><br> +<a href="images/04-31.jpg"><img alt="04-31th.jpg (44K)" src="images/04-31th.jpg" height="476" width="434"></a> +<br><br><br><br> + + +<br>We through the broken rock ascended, close<br> +Pent on each side, while underneath the ground<br> +Ask'd help of hands and feet. When we arriv'd<br> +Near on the highest ridge of the steep bank,<br> +Where the plain level open'd I exclaim'd,<br> +"O master! say which way can we proceed?"<br> +<br>He answer'd, "Let no step of thine recede.<br> +Behind me gain the mountain, till to us<br> +Some practis'd guide appear." That eminence<br> +Was lofty that no eye might reach its point,<br> +And the side proudly rising, more than line<br> +From the mid quadrant to the centre drawn.<br> +I wearied thus began: "Parent belov'd!<br> +Turn, and behold how I remain alone,<br> +If thou stay not."—"My son!" He straight reply'd,<br> +"Thus far put forth thy strength;" and to a track<br> +Pointed, that, on this side projecting, round<br> +Circles the hill. His words so spurr'd me on,<br> +That I behind him clamb'ring, forc'd myself,<br> +Till my feet press'd the circuit plain beneath.<br> +There both together seated, turn'd we round<br> +To eastward, whence was our ascent: and oft<br> +Many beside have with delight look'd back.<br> +<br>First on the nether shores I turn'd my eyes,<br> +Then rais'd them to the sun, and wond'ring mark'd<br> +That from the left it smote us. Soon perceiv'd<br> +That Poet sage now at the car of light<br> +Amaz'd I stood, where 'twixt us and the north<br> +Its course it enter'd. Whence he thus to me:<br> +"Were Leda's offspring now in company<br> +Of that broad mirror, that high up and low<br> +Imparts his light beneath, thou might'st behold<br> +The ruddy zodiac nearer to the bears<br> +Wheel, if its ancient course it not forsook.<br> +How that may be if thou would'st think; within<br> +Pond'ring, imagine Sion with this mount<br> +Plac'd on the earth, so that to both be one<br> +Horizon, and two hemispheres apart,<br> +Where lies the path that Phaeton ill knew<br> +To guide his erring chariot: thou wilt see<br> +How of necessity by this on one<br> +He passes, while by that on the' other side,<br> +If with clear view shine intellect attend."<br> +<br>"Of truth, kind teacher!" I exclaim'd, "so clear<br> +Aught saw I never, as I now discern<br> +Where seem'd my ken to fail, that the mid orb<br> +Of the supernal motion (which in terms<br> +Of art is called the Equator, and remains<br> +Ever between the sun and winter) for the cause<br> +Thou hast assign'd, from hence toward the north<br> +Departs, when those who in the Hebrew land<br> +Inhabit, see it tow'rds the warmer part.<br> +But if it please thee, I would gladly know,<br> +How far we have to journey: for the hill<br> +Mounts higher, than this sight of mine can mount."<br> +<br>He thus to me: "Such is this steep ascent,<br> +That it is ever difficult at first,<br> +But, more a man proceeds, less evil grows.<br> +When pleasant it shall seem to thee, so much<br> +That upward going shall be easy to thee.<br> +As in a vessel to go down the tide,<br> +Then of this path thou wilt have reach'd the end.<br> +There hope to rest thee from thy toil. No more<br> +I answer, and thus far for certain know."<br> +As he his words had spoken, near to us<br> +A voice there sounded: "Yet ye first perchance<br> +May to repose you by constraint be led."<br> +At sound thereof each turn'd, and on the left<br> +A huge stone we beheld, of which nor I<br> +Nor he before was ware. Thither we drew,<br> +find there were some, who in the shady place<br> +Behind the rock were standing, as a man<br> +Thru' idleness might stand. Among them one,<br> +Who seem'd to me much wearied, sat him down,<br> +And with his arms did fold his knees about,<br> +Holding his face between them downward bent.<br> + + +<br><br><br><br> +<a href="images/04-100.jpg"><img alt="04-100th.jpg (63K)" src="images/04-100th.jpg" height="547" width="430"></a> +<br><br><br><br> + + +<br>"Sweet Sir!" I cry'd, "behold that man, who shows<br> +Himself more idle, than if laziness<br> +Were sister to him." Straight he turn'd to us,<br> +And, o'er the thigh lifting his face, observ'd,<br> +Then in these accents spake: "Up then, proceed<br> +Thou valiant one." Straight who it was I knew;<br> +Nor could the pain I felt (for want of breath<br> +Still somewhat urg'd me) hinder my approach.<br> +And when I came to him, he scarce his head<br> +Uplifted, saying "Well hast thou discern'd,<br> +How from the left the sun his chariot leads."<br> +<br>His lazy acts and broken words my lips<br> +To laughter somewhat mov'd; when I began:<br> +"Belacqua, now for thee I grieve no more.<br> +But tell, why thou art seated upright there?<br> +Waitest thou escort to conduct thee hence?<br> +Or blame I only shine accustom'd ways?"<br> +Then he: "My brother, of what use to mount,<br> +When to my suffering would not let me pass<br> +The bird of God, who at the portal sits?<br> +Behooves so long that heav'n first bear me round<br> +Without its limits, as in life it bore,<br> +Because I to the end repentant Sighs<br> +Delay'd, if prayer do not aid me first,<br> +That riseth up from heart which lives in grace.<br> +What other kind avails, not heard in heaven?"'<br> +<br>Before me now the Poet up the mount<br> +Ascending, cried: "Haste thee, for see the sun<br> +Has touch'd the point meridian, and the night<br> +Now covers with her foot Marocco's shore."</p> + + + + + + + + + +</td></tr> +</table> +</center> + + + +<br> +<br> + + + + + + + + + + +<pre> + + + + + +End of Project Gutenberg's The Vision of Purgatory, Part 1, by Dante Alighieri + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE VISION OF PURGATORY, PART 1 *** + +***** This file should be named 8790-h.htm or 8790-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/8/7/9/8790/ + +Produced by David Widger + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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H. F. Cary, Illustrated by Gustave Dore + +This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with +almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: The Vision of Purgatory, Part 1 + Translated By The Rev. H. F. Cary, Illustrated by Gustave Dore + +Author: Dante Alighieri + +Release Date: August 3, 2004 [EBook #8790] + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE VISION OF PURGATORY, PART 1 *** + + + + +Produced by David Widger + + + + + +THE VISION + +OF + +HELL, PURGATORY, AND PARADISE + +BY DANTE ALIGHIERI + + +TRANSLATED BY + +THE REV. H. F. CARY + + + + +PURGATORY + +Part 1 + +Cantos 1 - 4 + + + + +CANTO I + +O'er better waves to speed her rapid course +The light bark of my genius lifts the sail, +Well pleas'd to leave so cruel sea behind; +And of that second region will I sing, +In which the human spirit from sinful blot +Is purg'd, and for ascent to Heaven prepares. + +Here, O ye hallow'd Nine! for in your train +I follow, here the deadened strain revive; +Nor let Calliope refuse to sound +A somewhat higher song, of that loud tone, +Which when the wretched birds of chattering note +Had heard, they of forgiveness lost all hope. + +Sweet hue of eastern sapphire, that was spread +O'er the serene aspect of the pure air, +High up as the first circle, to mine eyes +Unwonted joy renew'd, soon as I 'scap'd +Forth from the atmosphere of deadly gloom, +That had mine eyes and bosom fill'd with grief. +The radiant planet, that to love invites, +Made all the orient laugh, and veil'd beneath +The Pisces' light, that in his escort came. + +To the right hand I turn'd, and fix'd my mind +On the' other pole attentive, where I saw +Four stars ne'er seen before save by the ken +Of our first parents. Heaven of their rays +Seem'd joyous. O thou northern site, bereft +Indeed, and widow'd, since of these depriv'd! + +As from this view I had desisted, straight +Turning a little tow'rds the other pole, +There from whence now the wain had disappear'd, +I saw an old man standing by my side +Alone, so worthy of rev'rence in his look, +That ne'er from son to father more was ow'd. +Low down his beard and mix'd with hoary white +Descended, like his locks, which parting fell +Upon his breast in double fold. The beams +Of those four luminaries on his face +So brightly shone, and with such radiance clear +Deck'd it, that I beheld him as the sun. + +"Say who are ye, that stemming the blind stream, +Forth from th' eternal prison-house have fled?" +He spoke and moved those venerable plumes. +"Who hath conducted, or with lantern sure +Lights you emerging from the depth of night, +That makes the infernal valley ever black? +Are the firm statutes of the dread abyss +Broken, or in high heaven new laws ordain'd, +That thus, condemn'd, ye to my caves approach?" + +My guide, then laying hold on me, by words +And intimations given with hand and head, +Made my bent knees and eye submissive pay +Due reverence; then thus to him replied. + +"Not of myself I come; a Dame from heaven +Descending, had besought me in my charge +To bring. But since thy will implies, that more +Our true condition I unfold at large, +Mine is not to deny thee thy request. +This mortal ne'er hath seen the farthest gloom. +But erring by his folly had approach'd +So near, that little space was left to turn. +Then, as before I told, I was dispatch'd +To work his rescue, and no way remain'd +Save this which I have ta'en. I have display'd +Before him all the regions of the bad; +And purpose now those spirits to display, +That under thy command are purg'd from sin. +How I have brought him would be long to say. +From high descends the virtue, by whose aid +I to thy sight and hearing him have led. +Now may our coming please thee. In the search +Of liberty he journeys: that how dear +They know, who for her sake have life refus'd. +Thou knowest, to whom death for her was sweet +In Utica, where thou didst leave those weeds, +That in the last great day will shine so bright. +For us the' eternal edicts are unmov'd: +He breathes, and I am free of Minos' power, +Abiding in that circle where the eyes +Of thy chaste Marcia beam, who still in look +Prays thee, O hallow'd spirit! to own her shine. +Then by her love we' implore thee, let us pass +Through thy sev'n regions; for which best thanks +I for thy favour will to her return, +If mention there below thou not disdain." + +"Marcia so pleasing in my sight was found," +He then to him rejoin'd, "while I was there, +That all she ask'd me I was fain to grant. +Now that beyond the' accursed stream she dwells, +She may no longer move me, by that law, +Which was ordain'd me, when I issued thence. +Not so, if Dame from heaven, as thou sayst, +Moves and directs thee; then no flattery needs. +Enough for me that in her name thou ask. +Go therefore now: and with a slender reed +See that thou duly gird him, and his face +Lave, till all sordid stain thou wipe from thence. +For not with eye, by any cloud obscur'd, +Would it be seemly before him to come, +Who stands the foremost minister in heaven. +This islet all around, there far beneath, +Where the wave beats it, on the oozy bed +Produces store of reeds. No other plant, +Cover'd with leaves, or harden'd in its stalk, +There lives, not bending to the water's sway. +After, this way return not; but the sun +Will show you, that now rises, where to take +The mountain in its easiest ascent." + +He disappear'd; and I myself uprais'd +Speechless, and to my guide retiring close, +Toward him turn'd mine eyes. He thus began; +"My son! observant thou my steps pursue. +We must retreat to rearward, for that way +The champain to its low extreme declines." + +The dawn had chas'd the matin hour of prime, +Which deaf before it, so that from afar +I spy'd the trembling of the ocean stream. + +We travers'd the deserted plain, as one +Who, wander'd from his track, thinks every step +Trodden in vain till he regain the path. + +When we had come, where yet the tender dew +Strove with the sun, and in a place, where fresh +The wind breath'd o'er it, while it slowly dried; +Both hands extended on the watery grass +My master plac'd, in graceful act and kind. +Whence I of his intent before appriz'd, +Stretch'd out to him my cheeks suffus'd with tears. +There to my visage he anew restor'd +That hue, which the dun shades of hell conceal'd. + +Then on the solitary shore arriv'd, +That never sailing on its waters saw +Man, that could after measure back his course, +He girt me in such manner as had pleas'd +Him who instructed, and O, strange to tell! +As he selected every humble plant, +Wherever one was pluck'd, another there +Resembling, straightway in its place arose. + + + + +CANTO II + +Now had the sun to that horizon reach'd, +That covers, with the most exalted point +Of its meridian circle, Salem's walls, +And night, that opposite to him her orb +Sounds, from the stream of Ganges issued forth, +Holding the scales, that from her hands are dropp'd +When she reigns highest: so that where I was, +Aurora's white and vermeil-tinctur'd cheek +To orange turn'd as she in age increas'd. + +Meanwhile we linger'd by the water's brink, +Like men, who, musing on their road, in thought +Journey, while motionless the body rests. +When lo! as near upon the hour of dawn, +Through the thick vapours Mars with fiery beam +Glares down in west, over the ocean floor; +So seem'd, what once again I hope to view, +A light so swiftly coming through the sea, +No winged course might equal its career. +From which when for a space I had withdrawn +Thine eyes, to make inquiry of my guide, +Again I look'd and saw it grown in size +And brightness: thou on either side appear'd +Something, but what I knew not of bright hue, +And by degrees from underneath it came +Another. My preceptor silent yet +Stood, while the brightness, that we first discern'd, +Open'd the form of wings: then when he knew +The pilot, cried aloud, "Down, down; bend low +Thy knees; behold God's angel: fold thy hands: +Now shalt thou see true Ministers indeed. + +"Lo how all human means he sets at naught! +So that nor oar he needs, nor other sail +Except his wings, between such distant shores. +Lo how straight up to heaven he holds them rear'd, +Winnowing the air with those eternal plumes, +That not like mortal hairs fall off or change!" + +As more and more toward us came, more bright +Appear'd the bird of God, nor could the eye +Endure his splendor near: I mine bent down. +He drove ashore in a small bark so swift +And light, that in its course no wave it drank. +The heav'nly steersman at the prow was seen, +Visibly written blessed in his looks. + +Within a hundred spirits and more there sat. +"In Exitu Israel de Aegypto;" +All with one voice together sang, with what +In the remainder of that hymn is writ. +Then soon as with the sign of holy cross +He bless'd them, they at once leap'd out on land, +The swiftly as he came return'd. The crew, +There left, appear'd astounded with the place, +Gazing around as one who sees new sights. + +From every side the sun darted his beams, +And with his arrowy radiance from mid heav'n +Had chas'd the Capricorn, when that strange tribe +Lifting their eyes towards us: "If ye know, +Declare what path will Lead us to the mount." + +Them Virgil answer'd. "Ye suppose perchance +Us well acquainted with this place: but here, +We, as yourselves, are strangers. Not long erst +We came, before you but a little space, +By other road so rough and hard, that now +The' 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 multitude +Flock round a herald, sent with olive branch, +To hear what news he brings, and in their haste +Tread one another down, e'en so at sight +Of me those happy spirits were fix'd, each one +Forgetful of its errand, to depart, +Where cleans'd from sin, it might be made all fair. + +Then one I saw darting before the rest +With such fond ardour to embrace me, I +To do the like was mov'd. O shadows vain +Except in outward semblance! thrice my hands +I clasp'd behind it, they as oft return'd +Empty into my breast again. Surprise +I 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 voice +Of sweetness it enjoin'd me to desist. +Then who it was I knew, and pray'd of it, +To talk with me, it would a little pause. +It answered: "Thee as in my mortal frame +I lov'd, so loos'd forth it I love thee still, +And therefore pause; but why walkest thou here?" + +"Not without purpose once more to return, +Thou find'st me, my Casella, where I am +Journeying this way;" I said, "but how of thee +Hath so much time been lost?" He answer'd straight: +"No outrage hath been done to me, if he +Who when and whom he chooses takes, me oft +This passage hath denied, since of just will +His will he makes. These three months past indeed, +He, whose chose to enter, with free leave +Hath taken; whence I wand'ring by the shore +Where Tyber's wave grows salt, of him gain'd kind +Admittance, at that river's mouth, tow'rd which +His wings are pointed, for there always throng +All such as not to Archeron descend." + +Then I: "If new laws have not quite destroy'd +Memory and use of that sweet song of love, +That while all my cares had power to 'swage; +Please thee with it a little to console +My spirit, that incumber'd with its frame, +Travelling so far, of pain is overcome." + +"Love that discourses in my thoughts." He then +Began in such soft accents, that within +The sweetness thrills me yet. My gentle guide +And all who came with him, so well were pleas'd, +That seem'd naught else might in their thoughts have room. + +Fast fix'd in mute attention to his notes +We stood, when lo! that old man venerable +Exclaiming, "How is this, ye tardy spirits? +What negligence detains you loit'ring here? +Run to the mountain to cast off those scales, +That from your eyes the sight of God conceal." + +As a wild flock of pigeons, to their food +Collected, blade or tares, without their pride +Accustom'd, and in still and quiet sort, +If aught alarm them, suddenly desert +Their meal, assail'd by more important care; +So I that new-come troop beheld, the song +Deserting, hasten to the mountain's side, +As one who goes yet where he tends knows not. + +Nor with less hurried step did we depart. + + + + +CANTO III + +Them sudden flight had scatter'd over the plain, +Turn'd tow'rds the mountain, whither reason's voice +Drives us; I to my faithful company +Adhering, left it not. For how of him +Depriv'd, might I have sped, or who beside +Would o'er the mountainous tract have led my steps +He with the bitter pang of self-remorse +Seem'd smitten. O clear conscience and upright +How doth a little fling wound thee sore! + +Soon as his feet desisted (slack'ning pace), +From haste, that mars all decency of act, +My mind, that in itself before was wrapt, +Its thoughts expanded, as with joy restor'd: +And full against the steep ascent I set +My face, where highest to heav'n its top o'erflows. + +The sun, that flar'd behind, with ruddy beam +Before my form was broken; for in me +His rays resistance met. I turn'd aside +With fear of being left, when I beheld +Only before myself the ground obscur'd. +When thus my solace, turning him around, +Bespake me kindly: "Why distrustest thou? +Believ'st not I am with thee, thy sure guide? +It now is evening there, where buried lies +The body, in which I cast a shade, remov'd +To Naples from Brundusium's wall. Nor thou +Marvel, if before me no shadow fall, +More than that in the sky element +One ray obstructs not other. To endure +Torments of heat and cold extreme, like frames +That virtue hath dispos'd, which how it works +Wills not to us should be reveal'd. Insane +Who hopes, our reason may that space explore, +Which holds three persons in one substance knit. +Seek not the wherefore, race of human kind; +Could ye have seen the whole, no need had been +For Mary to bring forth. Moreover ye +Have seen such men desiring fruitlessly; +To whose desires repose would have been giv'n, +That now but serve them for eternal grief. +I speak of Plato, and the Stagyrite, +And others many more." And then he bent +Downwards his forehead, and in troubled mood +Broke off his speech. Meanwhile we had arriv'd +Far as the mountain's foot, and there the rock +Found of so steep ascent, that nimblest steps +To climb it had been vain. The most remote +Most wild untrodden path, in all the tract +'Twixt Lerice and Turbia were to this +A ladder easy' and open of access. + +"Who knows on which hand now the steep declines?" +My master said and paus'd, "so that he may +Ascend, who journeys without aid of wine?" +And while with looks directed to the ground +The meaning of the pathway he explor'd, +And I gaz'd upward round the stony height, +Of spirits, that toward us mov'd their steps, +Yet moving seem'd not, they so slow approach'd. + +I thus my guide address'd: "Upraise thine eyes, +Lo that way some, of whom thou may'st obtain +Counsel, if of thyself thou find'st it not!" + +Straightway he look'd, and with free speech replied: +"Let us tend thither: they but softly come. +And thou be firm in hope, my son belov'd." + +Now was that people distant far in space +A thousand paces behind ours, as much +As at a throw the nervous arm could fling, +When all drew backward on the messy crags +Of the steep bank, and firmly stood unmov'd +As one who walks in doubt might stand to look. + +"O spirits perfect! O already chosen!" +Virgil to them began, "by that blest peace, +Which, as I deem, is for you all prepar'd, +Instruct us where the mountain low declines, +So that attempt to mount it be not vain. +For who knows most, him loss of time most grieves." + +As sheep, that step from forth their fold, by one, +Or pairs, or three at once; meanwhile the rest +Stand fearfully, bending the eye and nose +To ground, and what the foremost does, that do +The others, gath'ring round her, if she stops, +Simple and quiet, nor the cause discern; +So saw I moving to advance the first, +Who of that fortunate crew were at the head, +Of modest mien and graceful in their gait. +When they before me had beheld the light +From my right side fall broken on the ground, +So that the shadow reach'd the cave, they stopp'd +And somewhat back retir'd: the same did all, +Who follow'd, though unweeting of the cause. + +"Unask'd of you, yet freely I confess, +This is a human body which ye see. +That the sun's light is broken on the ground, +Marvel not: but believe, that not without +Virtue deriv'd from Heaven, we to climb +Over this wall aspire." So them bespake +My master; and that virtuous tribe rejoin'd; +"Turn, and before you there the entrance lies," +Making a signal to us with bent hands. + +Then of them one began. "Whoe'er thou art, +Who journey'st thus this way, thy visage turn, +Think if me elsewhere thou hast ever seen." + +I tow'rds him turn'd, and with fix'd eye beheld. +Comely, and fair, and gentle of aspect, +He seem'd, but on one brow a gash was mark'd. + +When humbly I disclaim'd to have beheld +Him ever: "Now behold!" he said, and show'd +High on his breast a wound: then smiling spake. + +"I am Manfredi, grandson to the Queen +Costanza: whence I pray thee, when return'd, +To my fair daughter go, the parent glad +Of Aragonia and Sicilia's pride; +And of the truth inform her, if of me +Aught else be told. When by two mortal blows +My frame was shatter'd, I betook myself +Weeping to him, who of free will forgives. +My sins were horrible; but so wide arms +Hath goodness infinite, that it receives +All who turn to it. Had this text divine +Been of Cosenza's shepherd better scann'd, +Who then by Clement on my hunt was set, +Yet at the bridge's head my bones had lain, +Near Benevento, by the heavy mole +Protected; but the rain now drenches them, +And the wind drives, out of the kingdom's bounds, +Far as the stream of Verde, where, with lights +Extinguish'd, he remov'd them from their bed. +Yet by their curse we are not so destroy'd, +But that the eternal love may turn, while hope +Retains her verdant blossoms. True it is, +That such one as in contumacy dies +Against the holy church, though he repent, +Must wander thirty-fold for all the time +In his presumption past; if such decree +Be not by prayers of good men shorter made +Look therefore if thou canst advance my bliss; +Revealing to my good Costanza, how +Thou hast beheld me, and beside the terms +Laid on me of that interdict; for here +By means of those below much profit comes." + + + + +CANTO IV + +When by sensations of delight or pain, +That any of our faculties hath seiz'd, +Entire the soul collects herself, it seems +She is intent upon that power alone, +And thus the error is disprov'd which holds +The soul not singly lighted in the breast. +And therefore when as aught is heard or seen, +That firmly keeps the soul toward it turn'd, +Time passes, and a man perceives it not. +For that, whereby he hearken, is one power, +Another that, which the whole spirit hash; +This is as it were bound, while that is free. + +This found I true by proof, hearing that spirit +And wond'ring; for full fifty steps aloft +The sun had measur'd unobserv'd of me, +When we arriv'd where all with one accord +The spirits shouted, "Here is what ye ask." + +A larger aperture ofttimes is stopp'd +With forked stake of thorn by villager, +When the ripe grape imbrowns, than was the path, +By which my guide, and I behind him close, +Ascended solitary, when that troop +Departing left us. On Sanleo's road +Who journeys, or to Noli low descends, +Or mounts Bismantua's height, must use his feet; +But here a man had need to fly, I mean +With the swift wing and plumes of high desire, +Conducted by his aid, who gave me hope, +And with light furnish'd to direct my way. + +We through the broken rock ascended, close +Pent on each side, while underneath the ground +Ask'd help of hands and feet. When we arriv'd +Near on the highest ridge of the steep bank, +Where the plain level open'd I exclaim'd, +"O master! say which way can we proceed?" + +He answer'd, "Let no step of thine recede. +Behind me gain the mountain, till to us +Some practis'd guide appear." That eminence +Was lofty that no eye might reach its point, +And the side proudly rising, more than line +From the mid quadrant to the centre drawn. +I wearied thus began: "Parent belov'd! +Turn, and behold how I remain alone, +If thou stay not."--" My son!" He straight reply'd, +"Thus far put forth thy strength;" and to a track +Pointed, that, on this side projecting, round +Circles the hill. His words so spurr'd me on, +That I behind him clamb'ring, forc'd myself, +Till my feet press'd the circuit plain beneath. +There both together seated, turn'd we round +To eastward, whence was our ascent: and oft +Many beside have with delight look'd back. + +First on the nether shores I turn'd my eyes, +Then rais'd them to the sun, and wond'ring mark'd +That from the left it smote us. Soon perceiv'd +That Poet sage now at the car of light +Amaz'd I stood, where 'twixt us and the north +Its course it enter'd. Whence he thus to me: +"Were Leda's offspring now in company +Of that broad mirror, that high up and low +Imparts his light beneath, thou might'st behold +The ruddy zodiac nearer to the bears +Wheel, if its ancient course it not forsook. +How that may be if thou would'st think; within +Pond'ring, imagine Sion with this mount +Plac'd on the earth, so that to both be one +Horizon, and two hemispheres apart, +Where lies the path that Phaeton ill knew +To guide his erring chariot: thou wilt see +How of necessity by this on one +He passes, while by that on the' other side, +If with clear view shine intellect attend." + +"Of truth, kind teacher!" I exclaim'd, "so clear +Aught saw I never, as I now discern +Where seem'd my ken to fail, that the mid orb +Of the supernal motion (which in terms +Of art is called the Equator, and remains +Ever between the sun and winter) for the cause +Thou hast assign'd, from hence toward the north +Departs, when those who in the Hebrew land +Inhabit, see it tow'rds the warmer part. +But if it please thee, I would gladly know, +How far we have to journey: for the hill +Mounts higher, than this sight of mine can mount." + +He thus to me: "Such is this steep ascent, +That it is ever difficult at first, +But, more a man proceeds, less evil grows. +When pleasant it shall seem to thee, so much +That upward going shall be easy to thee. +As in a vessel to go down the tide, +Then of this path thou wilt have reach'd the end. +There hope to rest thee from thy toil. No more +I answer, and thus far for certain know." +As he his words had spoken, near to us +A voice there sounded: "Yet ye first perchance +May to repose you by constraint be led." +At sound thereof each turn'd, and on the left +A huge stone we beheld, of which nor I +Nor he before was ware. Thither we drew, +find there were some, who in the shady place +Behind the rock were standing, as a man +Thru' idleness might stand. Among them one, +Who seem'd to me much wearied, sat him down, +And with his arms did fold his knees about, +Holding his face between them downward bent. + +"Sweet Sir!" I cry'd, "behold that man, who shows +Himself more idle, than if laziness +Were sister to him." Straight he turn'd to us, +And, o'er the thigh lifting his face, observ'd, +Then in these accents spake: "Up then, proceed +Thou valiant one." Straight who it was I knew; +Nor could the pain I felt (for want of breath +Still somewhat urg'd me) hinder my approach. +And when I came to him, he scarce his head +Uplifted, saying "Well hast thou discern'd, +How from the left the sun his chariot leads." + +His lazy acts and broken words my lips +To laughter somewhat mov'd; when I began: +"Belacqua, now for thee I grieve no more. +But tell, why thou art seated upright there? +Waitest thou escort to conduct thee hence? +Or blame I only shine accustom'd ways?" +Then he: "My brother, of what use to mount, +When to my suffering would not let me pass +The bird of God, who at the portal sits? +Behooves so long that heav'n first bear me round +Without its limits, as in life it bore, +Because I to the end repentant Sighs +Delay'd, if prayer do not aid me first, +That riseth up from heart which lives in grace. +What other kind avails, not heard in heaven?"' + +Before me now the Poet up the mount +Ascending, cried: "Haste thee, for see the sun +Has touch'd the point meridian, and the night +Now covers with her foot Marocco's shore." + + + + + +End of Project Gutenberg's The Vision of Purgatory, Part 1, by Dante Alighieri +Translated By The Rev. 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