The Collection·Room IV · The Western Canon·Midway upon the journey
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INFERNO, CANTO I · TRANS. LONGFELLOW
Midway upon the journey
The first tercet of the Divine Comedy in Longfellow's translation: the dark wood, and the honesty of admitting you are in one.
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| source | Inferno, Canto I, lines 1–3 · translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1867 |
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| typeface | Caslon |
| paper | 100 lb cream cover, 24 x 18 (landscape) |
| press | Thomas Graphics, Austin, Texas |
| edition | — |
The opening tercet of the Divine Comedy, c. 1320, in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1867 translation, the first American translation of Dante, made by the poet the founders' grandchildren read. The way out of the dark wood begins with these three lines admitting it exists.
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