Virgil, ești tu? Fântâna ești, al cării torent - îi zisei cu rușine-acum- bogat pornit-a fluviul cuvântării? tu marea faclă-n veci pe-al artei drum!… - Dante Alighieri

But the stars that marked our starting fall away.
We must go deeper into greater pain,
for it is not permitted that we stay.

Fui quem do coração de Frederico
As chaves tive e usei com tanto jeito,
60 Fechando e desfechando que era rico
“Da fé com que a mim só rendeu seu peito
No glorioso cargo fui constante,

"Speak," said my Master, "and be not afraid Of speaking, but speak out, and say to him What he demands with such solicitude." Whence I: "Thou peradventure marvellest, O antique spirit, at the smile I gave; But I will have more wonder seize upon thee. This one, who guides on high these eyes of mine, Is that Virgilius, from whom thou didst learn To sing aloud of men and of the Gods. If other cause thou to my smile imputedst, Abandon it as false, and trust it was Those words which thou hast spoken concerning him." Already he was stooping to embrace My Teacher's feet; but he said to him: "Brother, Do not; for shade thou art, and shade beholdest." And he uprising: "Now canst thou the sum Of love which warms me to thee comprehend, When this our vanity I disremember, Treating a shadow as substantial thing."