The Love that moves the sun and the other stars. - Dante Alighieri

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The Love that moves the sun and the other stars.

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About Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri (c. 30 May 1265 – 13 September 1321), most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri, was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.

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Alternative Names: Dante Durante degli Alighieri Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri
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F. CARY, M.A. HELL
OR THE INFERNO Part 3. LIST OF CANTOS Canto 5
Canto 6
CANTO V FROM the first circle I descended thus
Down to the second, which, a lesser space
Embracing, so much more of grief contains
Provoking bitter moans. There, Minos stands
Grinning with ghastly feature: he, of all
Who enter, strict examining the crimes,

put back all sorrow from your mind; 145 and never forget that I am always by you should it occur again, as we walk on, that we find ourselves where others of this crew fall to such petty wrangling and upbraiding. The wish to hear such baseness is degrading.

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Alma criada para amar ardente,
A tudo corre, que lhe dá contento,
21 Se despertada do prazer se sente.
“Do que é real o vosso entendimento
Colhe imagens que em modo tal desprega,
24 Que alma pra elas sente atraimento.
“Se alma, enlevada, ao seu pendor se entrega,
Esse efeito é amor, própria natura,
27 Em que o prazer novo liame emprega.
“E, como o fogo se ala para a altura
Por sua forma, que a elevar-se tende
30 Ao foco, onde o elemento seu mais dura,
Assim pelo desejo a alma se acende,
Ação espiritual que não se aquieta,
33 Se não consegue a posse, que pretende.

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