【英文原著类】THE DIVINE COMEDY(神曲).pdf

THE EDY
THE EDY
DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265-1321)
TRANSLATED BY HENRY WADSWORTH
LONGFELLOW (1807-1882)
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Purgatorio: Canto I
To run o'er better waters hoists its sail The little vessel of my genius
now, That leaves behind itself a sea so cruel;
And of that second kingdom will I sing Wherein the human spirit doth
purge itself, And to ascend to heaven eth worthy.
But let dead Poesy here rise again, O holy Mus