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Episode 57 - The Boatman, souls arriving on the Mountain-Island, and Dante meets an old Friend.
In the second Canto of the Purgatory a boat with over a hundred souls arrives at the shore, ready to climb up the mountain to purify their spirits. Dante meets an old friend, who sings with a beautiful voice and spellbounds the other souls. Then Cato the Guardian appears:
"And while we stood enraptured by the sound
of those sweet notes - a sudden cry: "What's this,
you lazy souls?" It was the Just Old Man.
"What negligence to stand around like this!
Run to the mountain, shed that slough which still
does not let God be manifest to you!""
v. 118-123, Canto II.
And then they move towards the first slope.
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By Richard Emerson
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In the second Canto of the Purgatory a boat with over a hundred souls arrives at the shore, ready to climb up the mountain to purify their spirits. Dante meets an old friend, who sings with a beautiful voice and spellbounds the other souls. Then Cato the Guardian appears:
"And while we stood enraptured by the sound
of those sweet notes - a sudden cry: "What's this,
you lazy souls?" It was the Just Old Man.
"What negligence to stand around like this!
Run to the mountain, shed that slough which still
does not let God be manifest to you!""
v. 118-123, Canto II.
And then they move towards the first slope.
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Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
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