P A R T II: P U R G A T O R I O

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"I've brought you here through intellect and art;

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"I've brought you here through intellect and art;

from now on, let your pleasure be your guide;

you're past the steep and past the narrow paths.

Look at the sun that shines upon your brow;

look at the grasses, flowers, and the shrubs

born here, spontaneously, of the earth.

Among them, you can rest or walk until

the coming of the glad and lovely eyes--

those eyes that weeping, sent me to your side.

Await no further word or sign from me:

your will is free, erect, and whole-- to act

against that will would be to err: therefore

I crown and miter you over yourself

To course across more kindly waters now

my talent's little vessel lifts her sails,

leaving behind herself a sea so cruel;

and what I sing will be that second kingdom,

in which the human soul is cleansed of sin,

becoming worthy of ascent to Heaven."

- Dante Alighieri

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