Dante does, to be sure, write any number of run-on tercets, but the threeline unit remains firm as the rigorous basic measure of his way of writing. - Dante Alighieri

Madness it is to hope that human minds
can ever understand the Infinite
that comprehends Three Persons in One Being.

Be satisfied with quia unexplained,
O Human race! If you knew everything,
no need for Mary to have borne a son.

Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura,
ché la diritta via era smarrita.

Como al irse la niebla disipando, la vista reconoce poco a poco lo que esconde el vapor que arrastra el aire, 36 así horadando el aura espesa y negra, más y más acercándonos al borde, se iba el error y el miedo me crecía; 39