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Excerpt: The Divine Comedy, Volume Two, Purgatory [Purgatorio] by Dante Aligheri, trans Charles Eliot Norton.

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... Charles Eliot Norton A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Divine Comedy, Volume Two, Purgatory [Purgatorio] by Dante Aligheri, tr... ...Purgatorio] by Dante Aligheri, trans Charles Eliot Norton is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...gatorio] by Dante Aligheri, trans Charles Eliot Norton is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ..................................6 CANTO I. Invocation to the Muses.—Dawn of Easter on the shore of Purgatory.—The Four Stars.—Cato.—The cleansing of Da... ...ANTO III. Ante-Purgatory.—Souls of those who have died in contumacy of the Church.— Manfred. ............. 13 CANTO IV . Ante-Purgatory.—Ascent to a s... ... 102 CANTO XXIX. The Earthly Paradise.—Mystic Procession or Triumph of the Church. ..................................... 105 CANTO XXX. The Earthly Pa... ...NT CANT CANT CANTO I. O I. O I. O I. O I. Invocation to the Muses.—Dawn of Easter on the shore of Purgatory.—The Four Stars.—Cato.—The cleansing of Da... ...blood thou hast thirsted, and with blood I fill thee.” 9 It showed how the Assyrians fled in rout after Holofernes was killed, and also the remainder ...

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