The Divine ComedyBy Dante AlighieriRestore her, thence by envy first let loose. I for thy profit pond'ring now devise,That thou mayst follow me, and I thy guideWill lead thee hence through an eternal space,Where thou shalt hear despairing shrieks, and seeSpirits of old tormented, who invokeA second death; and those next view, who dwellContent in fire, for that they hope to come,Whene'er the time may be, among the blest,Into whose regions if thou then desireT' ascend, a spirit worthier then IMust lead thee, in whose charge, when I depart,Thou shalt be left: for that Almighty King,Who reigns above, a rebel to his law,Adjudges me, and therefore hath decreed,That to his city none through me should come. He in all parts hath sway; there rules, there holdsHis citadel and throne. O happy those,Whom there he chooses! " I to him in few:"Bard! by that God, whom thou didst not adore,I do beseech thee (that this ill and worse