Dante Alighieri
The Divine Comedy (1. Purgatory)
Translated by Charles Eliot Norton
Table of Contents
- CANTO I. Invocation to the Muses.--Dawn of Easter on the shore of Purgatory.--The Four Stars.--Cato.--The cleansing of Dante from the stains of Hell.
- CANTO II. Sunrise.--The Poets on the shore.--Coming of a boat, guided by an angel, bearing souls to Purgatory.--Their landing.--Casella and his song.--Cato hurries the souls to the mountain.
- CANTO III. Ante-Purgatory.--Souls of those who have died in contumacy of the Church.--Manfred.
- CANTO IV. Ante-Purgatory.--Ascent to a shelf of the mountain.--The negligent, who postponed repentance to the last hour--Belacqua.
- CANTO V. Ante-Purgatory.--Spirits who had delayed repentance, and met with death by violence, but died repentant.--Jacopo del Cassero.--Buonconte da Montefeltro.--Via de' Tolomei.
- CANTO VI. Ante-Purgatory.--More spirits who had deferred repentance till they were overtaken by a violent death.--Efficacy of prayer.--Sordello.--Apostrophe to Italy.
- CANTO VII. Virgil makes himself known to Sordello.--Sordello leads the Poets to the Valley of the Princes who have been negligent of salvation.--He points them out by name.
- CANTO VIII. Valley of the Princes.--Two Guardian Angels.--Nino Visconti.--The Serpent.--Corrado Malaspina.
- CANTO IX. Slumber and Dream of Dante.--The Eagle.--Lucia.--The Gate of Purgatory.--The Angelic Gatekeeper.--Seven P's inscribed on Dante's Forehead.--Entrance to the First Ledge.
- CANTO X. First Ledge the Proud.--Examples of humility sculptured on the Rock.
- CANTO XI. First Ledge: the Proud.--Prayer.--Omberto Aldobrandeschi.--Oderisi d' Agubbio.--Provinzan Salvani.
- CANTO XII. First Ledge: the Proud.--Examples of the punishment of Pride graven on the pavement.--Meeting with an Angel who removes one of the P's.--Ascent to the Second Ledge.
- CANTO XIII. Second Ledge: the Envious.--Examples of Love.--The Shades in haircloth, and with sealed eyes.--Sapla of Siena.
- CANTO XIV. Second Ledge: the Envious.--Guido del Duca.--Rinieri de' Calboli.--Examples of the punishment of Envy.
- CANTO XV. Second Ledge: the Envious.--An Angel removes the second P from Dante's forehead.--Discourse concerning the Sharing of Good.--Ascent to the Third Ledge: the Wrathful.--Examples of Forbearance seen in Vision.
- CANTO XVI. Third Ledge: the Wrathful.--Marco Lombardo.--His discourse on Free Will, and the Corruption of the World.
- CANTO XVII. Third Ledge: the Wrathful.--Issue from the Smoke.--Vision of examples of Anger--Ascent to the Fourth Ledge, where Sloth is purged--Second Nightfall--Virgil explains how Love is the root of Virtue and of Sin.
- CANTO XVIII. Fourth Ledge: the Slothful.--Discourse of Virgil on Love and Free Will.---Throng of Spirits running in haste to redeem their Sin.--The Abbot of San Zeno.--Dante falls asleep.
- CANTO XIX. Fourth Ledge: the Slothful.--Dante dreams of the Siren--The Angel of the Pass.--Ascent to the Fifth Ledge.--Pope Adrian V.
- CANTO XX. Fifth Ledge: the Avaricious.--The Spirits celebrate examples of Poverty and Bounty.--Hugh Capet.--His discourse on his descendants.--Trembling of the Mountain.
- CANTO XXI. Fifth Ledge: the Avaricious.--Statius.--Cause of the trembling of the Mountain.--Statius does honor to Virgil.
- CANTO XXII. Ascent to the Sixth Ledge--Discourse of Statius and Virgil.--Entrance to the Ledge: the Gluttonous.--The Mystic Tree.--Examples of Temperance.
- CANTO XXIII. Sixth Ledge the Gluttonous.--Forese Donati.--Nella.--Rebuke of the women of Florence.
- CANTO XXIV. Sixth Ledge: the Gluttonous.--Forese Donati.--Bonagiunta of Lucca.--Pope Martin IV.--Ubaldin dalla Pila.--Bonifazio.--Messer Marchese.--Prophecy of Bonagiunta concerning Gentucca, and of Forese concerning Corso de' Donati.--Second Mystic Tree.--The Angel of the Pass.
- CANTO XXV. Ascent to the Seventh Ledge.--Discourse of Statius on generation, the infusion of the Soul into the body, and the corporeal semblance of Souls after death.--The Seventh Ledge:the Lustful.--The mode of their Purification.
- CANTO XXVI. Seventh Ledge: the Lustful.--Sinners in the fire, going in opposite directions.--Guido Guinicelli.--Arnaut Daniel.
- CANTO XXVII. Seventh Ledge: the Lustful.--Passage through the Flames.--Stairway in the rock.--Night upon the stairs.--Dream of Dante.--Morning.--Ascent to the Earthly Paradise.--Last words of Virgil.
- CANTO XXVIII. The Earthly Paradise.--The Forest.--A Lady gathering flowers on the bank of a little stream.--Discourse with her concerning the nature of the place.
- CANTO XXIX. The Earthly Paradise.--Mystic Procession or Triumph of the Church.
- CANTO XXX. The Earthly Paradise.--Beatrice appears.--Departure of Virgil.--Reproof of Dante by Beatrice.
- CANTO XXXI. The Earthly Paradise.--Reproachful discourse of Beatrice, and confession of Dante.--Passage of Lethe.--Appeal of the Virtues to Beatrice.--Her Unveiling.
- CANTO XXXII. The Earthly Paradise.--Return of the Triumphal procession.--The Chariot bound to the Mystic Tree.--Sleep of Dante.--His waking to find the Triumph departed.--Transformation of the Chariot.--The Harlot and the Giant.
- CANTO XXXIII. The Earthly Paradise.--Prophecy of Beatrice concerning one who shall restore the Empire.--Her discourse with Dante.--The river Eunoe.--Dante drinks of it, and is fit to ascend to Heaven.
