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No other plant that putteth forth the leaf;
  Or that doth indurate; can there have life;
  Because it yieldeth not unto the shocks。

Thereafter be not this way your return;
  The sun; which now is rising; will direct you
  To take the mount by easier ascent。〃

With this he vanished; and I raised me up
  Without a word; and wholly drew myself
  Unto my Guide; and turned mine eyes to him。

And he began: 〃Son; follow thou my steps;
  Let us turn back; for on this side declines
  The plain unto its lower boundaries。〃

The dawn was vanquishing the matin hour
  Which fled before it; so that from afar
  I recognised the trembling of the sea。

Along the solitary plain we went
  As one who unto the lost road returns;
  And till he finds it seems to go in vain。

As soon as we were come to where the dew
  Fights with the sun; and; being in a part
  Where shadow falls; little evaporates;

Both of his hands upon the grass outspread
  In gentle manner did my Master place;
  Whence I; who of his action was aware;

Extended unto him my tearful cheeks;
  There did he make in me uncovered wholly
  That hue which Hell had covered up in me。

Then came we down upon the desert shore
  Which never yet saw navigate its waters
  Any that afterward had known return。

There he begirt me as the other pleased;
  O marvellous! for even as he culled
  The humble plant; such it sprang up again

Suddenly there where he uprooted it。



Purgatorio: Canto II


Already had the sun the horizon reached
  Whose circle of meridian covers o'er
  Jerusalem with its most lofty point;

And night that opposite to him revolves
  Was issuing forth from Ganges with the Scales
  That fall from out her hand when she exceedeth;

So that the white and the vermilion cheeks
  Of beautiful Aurora; where I was;
  By too great age were changing into orange。

We still were on the border of the sea;
  Like people who are thinking of their road;
  Who go in heart and with the body stay;

And lo! as when; upon the approach of morning;
  Through the gross vapours Mars grows fiery red
  Down in the West upon the ocean floor;

Appeared to memay I again behold it!
  A light along the sea so swiftly coming;
  Its motion by no flight of wing is equalled;

From which when I a little had withdrawn
  Mine eyes; that I might question my Conductor;
  Again I saw it brighter grown and larger。

Then on each side of it appeared to me
  I knew not what of white; and underneath it
  Little by little there came forth another。

My Master yet had uttered not a word
  While the first whiteness into wings unfolded;
  But when he clearly recognised the pilot;

He cried: 〃Make haste; make haste to bow the knee!
  Behold the Angel of God! fold thou thy hands!
  Henceforward shalt thou see such officers!

See how he scorneth human arguments;
  So that nor oar he wants; nor other sail
  Than his own wings; between so distant shores。

See how he holds them pointed up to heaven;
  Fanning the air with the eternal pinions;
  That do not moult themselves like mortal hair!〃

Then as still nearer and more near us came
  The Bird Divine; more radiant he appeared;
  So that near by the eye could not endure him;

But down I cast it; and he came to shore
  With a small vessel; very swift and light;
  So that the water swallowed naught thereof。

Upon the stern stood the Celestial Pilot;
  Beatitude seemed written in his face;
  And more than a hundred spirits sat within。

〃In exitu Israel de Aegypto!〃
  They chanted all together in one voice;
  With whatso in that psalm is after written。

Then made he sign of holy rood upon them;
  Whereat all cast themselves upon the shore;
  And he departed swiftly as he came。

The throng which still remained there unfamiliar
  Seemed with the place; all round about them gazing;
  As one who in new matters makes essay。

On every side was darting forth the day。
  The sun; who had with his resplendent shafts
  From the mid…heaven chased forth the Capricorn;

When the new people lifted up their faces
  Towards us; saying to us: 〃If ye know;
  Show us the way to go unto the mountain。〃

And answer made Virgilius: 〃Ye believe
  Perchance that we have knowledge of this place;
  But we are strangers even as yourselves。

Just now we came; a little while before you;
  Another way; which was so rough and steep;
  That mounting will henceforth seem sport to us。〃

The souls who had; from seeing me draw breath;
  Become aware that I was still alive;
  Pallid in their astonishment became;

And as to messenger who bears the olive
  The people throng to listen to the news;
  And no one shows himself afraid of crowding;

So at the sight of me stood motionless
  Those fortunate spirits; all of them; as if
  Oblivious to go and make them fair。

One from among them saw I coming forward;
  As to embrace me; with such great affection;
  That it incited me to do the like。

O empty shadows; save in aspect only!
  Three times behind it did I clasp my hands;
  As oft returned with them to my own breast!

I think with wonder I depicted me;
  Whereat the shadow smiled and backward drew;
  And I; pursuing it; pressed farther forward。

Gently it said that I should stay my steps;
  Then knew I who it was; and I entreated
  That it would stop awhile to speak with me。

It made reply to me: 〃Even as I loved thee
  In mortal body; so I love thee free;
  Therefore I stop; but wherefore goest thou?〃

〃My own Casella! to return once more
  There where I am; I make this journey;〃 said I;
  〃But how from thee has so much time be taken?〃

And he to me: 〃No outrage has been done me;
  If he who takes both when and whom he pleases
  Has many times denied to me this passage;

For of a righteous will his own is made。
  He; sooth to say; for three months past has taken
  Whoever wished to enter with all peace;

Whence I; who now had turned unto that shore
  Where salt the waters of the Tiber grow;
  Benignantly by him have been received。

Unto that outlet now his wing is pointed;
  Because for evermore assemble there
  Those who tow'rds Acheron do not descend。〃

And I: 〃If some new law take not from thee
  Memory or practice of the song of love;
  Which used to quiet in me all my longings;

Thee may it please to comfort therewithal
  Somewhat this soul of mine; that with its body
  Hitherward coming is so much distressed。〃

〃Love; that within my mind discourses with me;〃
  Forthwith began he so melodiously;
  The melody within me still is sounding。

My Master; and myself; and all that people
  Which with him were; appeared as satisfied
  As if naught else might touch the mind of any。

We all of us were moveless and attentive
  Unto his notes; and lo! the grave old man;
  Exclaiming: 〃What is this; ye laggard spirits?

What negligence; what standing still is this?
  Run to the mountain to strip off the slough;
  That lets not God be manifest to you。〃

Even as when; collecting grain or tares;
  The doves; together at their pasture met;
  Quiet; nor showing their accustomed pride;

If aught appear of which they are afraid;
  Upon a sudden leave their food alone;
  Because they are assailed by greater care;

So that fresh company did I behold
  The song relinquish; and go tow'rds the hill;
  As one who goes; and knows not whitherward;

Nor was our own departure less in haste。



Purgatorio: Canto III


Inasmuch as the instantaneous flight
  Had scattered them asunder o'er the plain;
  Turned to the mountain whither reason spurs us;

I pressed me close unto my faithful comrade;
  And how without him had I kept my course?
  Who would have led me up along the mountain?

He seemed to me within himself remorseful;
  O noble conscience; and without a stain;
  How sharp a sting is trivial fault to thee!

After his feet had laid aside the haste
  Which mars the dignity of every act;
  My mind; that hitherto had been restrained;

Let loose its faculties as if delighted;
  And I my sight directed to the hill
  That highest tow'rds the heaven uplifts itself。

The sun; that in our rear was flaming red;
  Was broken in front of me into the figure
  Which had in me the stoppage of its rays;

Unto one side I turned me; with the fear
  Of being left alone; when I beheld
  Only in front of me the ground obscured。

〃Why dost thou still mistrust?〃 my Comforter
  Began to say to me turned wholly round;
  〃Dost thou not think me with thee; and that I guide thee?

'Tis evening there already where is buried
  The body within which I cast a shadow;
  'Tis from Brundusium ta'en; and Naples has it。

Now if in front of me no shadow fall;
  Marvel not at it more than at the heavens;
  Because one ray impedeth not another

To suffer torments; both of cold and heat;
  Bodies like this that Power provides; which wills
  That how it works be not unveiled to us。

Insane is he who hopeth that our reason
  Can traverse the illimitable way;
  Which the one Substance in three Persons follows!

Mortals; remain contented at the 'Quia;'
  For if ye had been able to see all;
  No need there were for Mary to give birth;

And ye have seen desiring without fruit;
  Those whose desire would have been quieted;
  Which evermore is given them for a grief。

I speak of Aristotle and of Plato;
  And many others;〃and here bowed his head;
  And more he said not; and remained disturbed。

We came meanwhile unto the mountain's foot;
  There so precipitate we found the rock;
  That nimble legs would there have been in vain。

'Twixt Lerici and Turbia; the most desert;
  The most secluded pathway is a stair
  Easy and open; if compared with that。


〃Who knoweth now upon which hand the hill
  Slopes down;〃 my Master said; his footsteps staying;
  〃So that who goeth without wings may mount?〃

And while he held his eyes upon the ground
  Examining the nature of the path;
  And I was looking up around the rock;

On the left hand appeared to me a throng
  Of souls; that moved their feet in our direction;
  And did not seem to move; they came so slowly。

〃Lift up thine eyes;〃 I to the Master said;
  〃Beho

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