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PURGATORY: Dante's Divine Trilogy Part Two. Decorated and Englished in Prosaic Verse by Alasdair Gray by Alighieri Dante;Gray Alasdair;

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PURGATORY: Dante's Divine Trilogy Part Two. Decorated and Englished in Prosaic Verse by Alasdair Gray by Alighieri Dante;Gray Alasdair;

Author:Alighieri, Dante;Gray, Alasdair;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd


37 when a wing brushed my face, a soft voice said,

“Blest are peacemakers, free of sinful wrath.”

As we went up, the setting sun’s last rays

40 were slanting steep. On each side stars appeared.

“O strength!” I inward groaned, “Why disappear?”,

for as we reached the highest step my weight

43 felt heavier than stone. We both sank down

like boats left high and dry upon a beach.

I listened and heard nothing, asked at last,

46 “Dear Master, say what sin is purging here?

Our legs can’t move. Don’t let that stop your tongue.”

He answered thus: “Sloth prevents energy



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