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+Project Gutenberg's The Vision of Purgatory, Part 1, by Dante Alighieri
+Translated By The Rev. H. F. Cary, Illustrated by Gustave Dore
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+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]
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+Language: English
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+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE VISION OF PURGATORY, PART 1 ***
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+Produced by David Widger
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+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."
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