“ Before me there were no created things, Only eterne, and I eternal last. All hope abandon, ye who enter in! ”
Dante Alighieri, Divine Comedy (1320). copy citation
| Author | Dante Alighieri |
|---|---|
| Source | Divine Comedy |
| Topic | hope hell eternity |
| Date | 1320 |
| Language | English |
| Reference | |
| Note | Translanted by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1004/pg1004.html |
Context
“"Through me the way is to the city dolent; Through me the way is to eternal dole; Through me the way among the people lost. Justice incited my sublime Creator; Created me divine Omnipotence, The highest Wisdom and the primal Love. Before me there were no created things, Only eterne, and I eternal last. All hope abandon, ye who enter in!"
These words in sombre colour I beheld Written upon the summit of a gate; Whence I: "Their sense is, Master, hard to me!"
And he to me, as one experienced: "Here all suspicion needs must be abandoned,” source
These words in sombre colour I beheld Written upon the summit of a gate; Whence I: "Their sense is, Master, hard to me!"
And he to me, as one experienced: "Here all suspicion needs must be abandoned,” source
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