Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Hell

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Hell, by Dante AlighieriThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: Hell The Inferno from The Divine ComedyAuthor: Dante AlighieriRelease Date: August 7, 2004 [EBook #1005]Language: English*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HELL ***Produced by Judith Smith and Natalie SalterHELLOR THE INFERNO FROM THE DIVINE COMEDYBYDANTE ALIGHIERITRANSLATED BYTHE REV. H. F. CARY, M.A.HELLCantos 1 - 34CANTO IIN the midway of this our mortal life,I found me in a gloomy wood, astrayGone from the path direct: and e'en to tellIt were no easy task, how savage wildThat forest, how robust and rough its growth,Which to remember only, my dismayRenews, in bitterness not far from death.Yet to discourse of what there good befell,All else will I relate discover'd there.How first I enter'd it I scarce can say,Such sleepy dullness in that instant weigh'dMy senses down, when the true path I left,But when a mountain's foot I reach'd, where clos'dThe valley, that had pierc'd my heart with dread,I look'd aloft, and saw his shoulders broadAlready vested with that planet's beam,Who leads all wanderers safe through every way.Then was a little respite to the fear,That in my heart's recesses deep had lain,All of that night, so ...