Dante Alighieri
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Dante Alighieri
Durante degli Alighieri, simply called Dante, was a major Italian poet of the Late Middle Ages. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìaand later christened Divina by Boccaccio, is widely considered the greatest literary work composed in the Italian language and a masterpiece of world literature...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionPoet
CountryItaly
brought cut division society
Yes, and he's cut in two because he has brought division to society.
borne disgrace lived miserable praise souls state wretched
This miserable state is borne by the wretched souls of those who lived without disgrace and without praise.
crown happier sorrow
A sorrow's crown of sorrow, Is remembering happier things
bursts flame mighty spark
From a little spark bursts a mighty flame
imagination ears sound
Imagination, that dost so abstract us That we are not aware, not even when A thousand trumpets sound about our ears!
inferno
They yearn for what they fear for.
divine-comedy inferno gates-of-hell
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.
among divine endure enter eternal high highest maker primal runs suffering urged
Through me the way into the suffering city,Through me the way to the eternal pain,Through me the way that runs among the lost.Justice urged on my high artificer;My maker was divine authority,The highest wisdom, and the primal love.Before me nothing but eternal things were made,And I endure eternally.Abandon every hope, ye who enter here.
path paradise hell
The path to paradise begins in hell.
inferno
Love insists the loved loves back
kindness waiting be-kind
He who sees a need and waits to be asked for help is as unkind as if he had refused it.
travel art nature
Nature is the art of God.
eternal-love creation made
Eternal love made me.
passion soul noble
Compassion is not a passion; rather a noble disposition of the soul, made ready to receive love, mercy, and other charitable passions.