Excerpt from The Divina Commedia of Dante: Translated Into English Verse The quotation, placed on the title-page, will at once show what is the mind of the Translator, in regard to the great difficulty - the impossibility, as some think of his present undertaking. He has been made to understand and feel what is meant by the ponderoso tema, on the one hand; and his own omero mortal, on the other. His hope, however, is, that this motto, standing at the frcnt of the volume, will bespeak for him betimes the indulgence of the Reader, and prevent the biasimo, which, more or less, he has good cause to apprehend. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.