“ Nature ever Finding discordant fortune, like all seed Out of its proper climate, thrives but ill. ”
Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy (1320). copy citation
| Author | Dante Alighieri |
|---|---|
| Source | Divine Comedy |
| Topic | fortune seed |
| Date | 1320 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translanted by H. F. Cary |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1008/pg1008-images.html |
Context
“Were it not That providence celestial overrul'd, Nature, in generation, must the path Trac'd by the generator, still pursue Unswervingly. Thus place I in thy sight That, which was late behind thee. But, in sign Of more affection for thee, 't is my will Thou wear this corollary. Nature ever Finding discordant fortune, like all seed Out of its proper climate, thrives but ill. And were the world below content to mark And work on the foundation nature lays, It would not lack supply of excellence. But ye perversely to religion strain Him, who was born to gird on him the sword, And of the fluent phrasemen make your king;”
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