Divine Comedy, Cary's Translation, Complete · Dante Alighieri
CANTO III
Virg. 7. Aen. Iib. vi. 2. v. 82. In fierce heat and in ice.] The delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods or to reside In thrilling regions of thick ribbed ice. Shakesp. Measure for Measure, a. iii.s.1. Compare Milton, P. L. b. ii. 600. v. 92. The livid lake.] Vada livida. Virg. Aen. Iib. vi. 320 Totius ut Lacus putidaeque paludis Lividissima, maximeque est profunda vorago. Catullus. xviii. 10. v. 102. With eyes of burning coal.] His looks were dreadful, and his fiery eyes Like two great beacons glared bright and wide. Spenser. F.Q. b. vi. c. vii.st. 42 v. 104. As fall off the light of autumnal leaves.] Quam multa in silvis autumul frigore primo Lapsa cadunt folia. Virg. Aen. lib. vi. 309 Compare Apoll. Rhod. lib. iv. 214.
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