Canto VII quotes
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"Pape Satàn, pape Satàn aleppe!"
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Then he turned round unto that bloated lip,And said: "Be silent, thou accursed wolf;Consume within thyself with thine own rage.Not causeless is this journey to the abyss;Thus is it willed on high, where Michael wroughtVengeance upon the proud adultery."
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lines 7-12 (tr. Longfellow)
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Justice of God, ah! who heaps up so manyNew toils and sufferings as I beheld?And why doth our transgression waste us so?
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lines 19-21 (tr. Longfellow)
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Vain thought thou entertainest;The undiscerning life which made them sordidNow makes them unto all discernment dim.
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lines 52-54 (tr. Longfellow)
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Ché tutto l'oro ch'è sotto la lunae che già fu, di quest'anime stanchepoterebbe farne posare una.
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For all the gold that is beneath the moon,Or ever has been, of these weary soulsCould never make a single one repose.
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lines 64–66 (tr. Longfellow).
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O creatures imbecile,What ignorance is this which doth beset you?
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lines 70-71 (tr. Longfellow)
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Let us descend now unto greater woe;Already sinks each star that was ascendingWhen I set out, and loitering is forbidden.
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lines 97-99 (tr. Longfellow)
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Fixed in the mire they say, 'We sullen wereIn the sweet air, which by the sun is gladdened,Bearing within ourselves the sluggish reek;Now we are sullen in this sable mire.'This hymn do they keep gurgling in their throats,For with unbroken words they cannot say it.
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lines 121-126 (tr. Longfellow)