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“ ”I did not die, and yet I lost life’s breath
About Dante Alighieri
Dante Alighieri (c. 30 May 1265 – 13 September 1321), most likely baptized Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri, was an Italian poet, writer and philosopher. His Divine Comedy, originally called Comedìa (modern Italian: Commedia) and later christened Divina by Giovanni Boccaccio, is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and the greatest literary work in the Italian language.
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Remember, this day will never dawn again.
He woke her then, and trembling and obedient, she ate that burning heart out of his hand. Weeping, I saw him then depart from me. Could he daily feel a stab of hunger for her? Find nourishment in the very sight of her? I think so. But would she see through the bars of his plight, and ache for him?
-And I- my head oppressed by horror- said:
Master, what is it that i hear? Who are those people so defeated by their pain?
- And he to me:
This miserable way is taken by the sorry souls of those who lived without disgrace and without praise.