Canto IV quotes
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True is it, that upon the verge I found meOf the abysmal valley dolorous,That gathers thunder of infinite ululations.Obscure, profound it was, and nebulous,So that by fixing on its depths my sightNothing whatever I discerned therein.
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lines 7-12 (tr. Longfellow)
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Another way my sapient Guide conducts meForth from the quiet to the air that trembles;And to a place I come where nothing shines.
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lines 149-151 (tr. Longfellow)