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David Lafferty
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Summary of the Terraces of Purgatory
Just as the landscape of Dante’s Purgatory is different from that of Hell, the second book of Dante’s Divine Comedy is also a radical change from Inferno. Unlike the dark Inferno, Purgatory is a book of hope and transformation. Although the structure of the poem is the same as Inferno, the mood is different. Dante’s … Continue reading "Summary of the Terraces of Purgatory"
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“Through me you pass into the city of woe:
Through me you pass into eternal pain:
Through me among the people lost for aye.
Justice the founder of my fabric moved:
To rear me was the task of power divine,
Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.
Before me things create were none, save things
Eternal, and eternal I shall endure.
All hope abandon, ye who enter here.”
― The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, the Purgatorio and the Paradiso
Through me you pass into eternal pain:
Through me among the people lost for aye.
Justice the founder of my fabric moved:
To rear me was the task of power divine,
Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.
Before me things create were none, save things
Eternal, and eternal I shall endure.
All hope abandon, ye who enter here.”
― The Divine Comedy: The Inferno, the Purgatorio and the Paradiso
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Mar 12, 2013 08:12AM
Thanks for inviting me David! :)
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Thank you for the friend request! Happy reading! :)
Thanks for the add. More books for me to read yay!
Hello David, thanks for the invite. Happy reading and writing.....
Aloha wrote: "Hi, Dave. Thank you for the friend request. You're not that discerning if you added me as a friend. Napoleon had his Waterloo, Custer had his Little Bighorn....". Lolzz (I know, I'm a little slow on the replies :) )
Hi, Dave. Thank you for the friend request. You're not that discerning if you added me as a friend. Napoleon had his Waterloo, Custer had his Little Bighorn....
