Excerpt from Dante, Vol. 5: The Divina Commedia and Canzoniere

Purgatory

For fairer waters now before the wind

Her sails my spirit's little boat doth spread,

Which leaves so dark and stern a sea behind;

And I will sing that second realm instead,

Wherein man's spirit frees itself from stain,

And growth worthy Heaven's high courts to tread.

Let Poesy, that was dead, rise again,

O holy Muses, since that yours am I,

And let Calliope lift her strain,

Following my song with that sweet melody

Which smote the wretched pies, and made them own

All hope of pardon passed for ever by.

The orient's sapphire's hue of sweetest tone,

Which gathered in the aspect, calm and bright,

Of that pure air as far as Heaven's first zone,

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