THE

DIVINE COMEDY

OF

DANTE ALIGHIERI

TRANSLATED BY

HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

I follow here the footing of thy feete
That with thy meaning so I may the rather meete

SPENSER

VOL. I.

LONDON
GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS

The BROADWAY, LUDGATE

1867

CONTENTS

OF VOL. I.

INFERNO.

CANTO 1.

Page
The Dark Forest. — The Hill of Difficulty. — The Panther, the Lion, and the

Wolf. - Virgil . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

CANTO II.
Dante's Protest and Virgil's Appeal. — The Intercession of the Three Ladies

Benedight . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

CANTO III.
The Gate of Hell. — The Inefficient or Indifferent. — Pope Celestine V. -

The Shores of Acheron. — Charon. — The Earthquake and the Swoon . 14

CANTO IV.
The First Circle. — Limbo, or the Border Land of the Unbaptized. — The

Four Poets, Homer, Horace, Ovid, and Lucan. — The Noble Castle of
Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . .

20

CANTO V.
The Second Circle. — Minos. - The Wanton. - The Infernal Hurricane. —

Francesca da Rimini · · · · · · · · · · · 27

CANTO VI.
The Third Circle. — Cerberus. — The Gluttonous. — The Eternal Rain. -

Ciacco · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·