Canto II quotes
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Lo giorno se n'andava, e l'aere brunotoglieva li animai che sono in terrada le fatiche loro.
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Day was departing, and the embrowned airReleased the animals that are on earthFrom their fatigues.
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lines 1–3 (tr. Longfellow)
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And as he is, who unwills what he willed,And by new thoughts doth his intention change,So that from his design he quite withdraws,Such I became, upon that dark hillside,Because, in thinking, I consumed the emprise,Which was so very prompt in the beginning.
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lines 37-42 (tr. Longfellow)
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"If I have well thy language understood,"Replied that shade of the Magnanimous,"Thy soul attainted is with cowardice,Which many times a man en****bers so,It turns him back from honored enterprise,As false sight doth a beast, when he is shy.
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lines 42-48 (tr. Longfellow)
Beatrice am I, who do bid thee go.
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Beatrice am I, who do bid thee go;I come from there, where I would fain return;Love moved me, which compelleth me to speak.
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lines 70-72 (tr. Longfellow)
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Of those things only should one be afraidWhich have the power of doing others harm;Of the rest, no; because they are not fearful.
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lines 88-90 (tr. Longfellow)
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God in his mercy such created meThat misery of yours attains me not,Nor any flame assails me of this burning.
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lines 91-93 (tr. Longfellow)
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Thou hast my heart so with desire disposedTo the adventure, with these words of thine,That to my first intent I have returned.Now go, for one sole will is in us both,Thou Leader, and thou Lord, and Master thou."Thus said I to him; and when he had moved,I entered on the deep and savage way.
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lines 136-142 (tr. Longfellow)