Line 427
Poi s'ascose nel foco che gli affina
Eliot's Note
427. V.
Purgatorio, XXVI, 148.
“‘Ara vos prec, per aquella valor
‘que vos guida al som de l’escalina,
‘sovegna vos a temps de ma dolor.’
Poi s’ascose nel foco che gli affina.”
Context
Canto 26, lines 145-148, from the Purgatorio:
“Now I petition you, by that kind Power
Escorting you to the summit of the staircase,
At the appropriate time, recall my pain.”
Then he hid himself in the refining fire.
For a brief overview of The Divine Comedy and the scene Eliot refers to here, see the note to the dedication.
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