category: hell in literature

The Divine Comedy

... pure . 730 CANTO XV . A WILL benign , in which reveals itself Ever the love that righteously inspires , As in the iniquitous , cupidity , Silence imposed upon that dulcet lyre , And quieted the consecrated chords , That Heaven's right ...

Dante: Selections from the Inferno

... afar . God , who hast formed this fair array Of worlds , and placed my love afar , Strengthen my heart with hope , I pray , Of seeing her I love afar . ' The monotonous recurrence of the same word , however effective in such a piece as ...

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