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Dante Alighieri – sentenced
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Dante (Alighieri Dante) – sentenced, Mar. 10, 1302
Posted in opposing wrong, QQQuaint Quality Quotes, today in history, tagged 1302, Abandon all hope ye who enter here, agreeing to enter exile, Alighieri Dante, “The Inferno”, Divine Comedy, for political reasons, half of our life’s way, I had lost the path, in misery, Italy, journeyed, never saw his wife again, no greater sorrow, path that does not stray, sentenced this date, shadowed forest, the third worth reading, thinking back upon a happy time, to be burned to death, today in history on March 10, 2009| Leave a Comment »
When I had journeyed half of our life’s way,
I found myself within a shadowed forest,
for I had lost the path that does not stray.
Canto I, 1
“Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.”
Canto III, 8
There is no greater sorrow,
than thinking back upon a happy time,
In misery.
Canto V, 121
Alighieri ( (ä”leg•yā’ re) Dante was sentenced this date (3/10/1302) to be burned to death in Italy for political reasons. He was able to avoid this by agreeing to enter exile. This allowed him to live but he never saw his wife again. The above are quotes from “The Inferno” the first third of his Divine Comedy and the third worth reading.