I have a plaque above the entrance of my bedroom with these words writter by this Itilian Renaissance poet...Who is He?
2007-05-24 17:15:33 · 7 answers · asked by John V 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
oooops..typo on ye :)
2007-05-24 17:33:40 · update #1
It comes from Dante - I hope you dont have two e's in ye, because there should only be one. Is your bedroom hell?? I dont guess you get too many visitors do you?? Of course, a Hellecat would know the answer to that. Pax - C
2007-05-24 17:24:35 · answer #1 · answered by Persiphone_Hellecat 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is by Dante, from the Inferno and is part of the inscription over the gates of Hell. In full:
"Through me you pass into the city of woe:
Through me you pass into eternal pain:
Through me among the people lost for aye.
Justice the founder of my fabric mov'd:
To rear me was the task of power divine,
Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.
Before me things create were none, save things
Eternal, and eternal I endure.
All hope abandon ye who enter here.
Such characters in colour dim I mark'd
Over a portal's lofty arch inscrib'd:
Whereat I thus: Master, these words import."
2007-05-25 12:01:54 · answer #2 · answered by WolverLini 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um, isn't it Dante Alighieri?
from The Divine Comedy?
2007-05-25 00:24:39 · answer #3 · answered by istillcandream 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, they are products of todays educational system.
Words over the gates into hell in the Poem "Divine Comedy", written by Dante Alighieri.
2007-05-25 00:26:37 · answer #4 · answered by Dorian Grey 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dante
2007-05-25 00:25:23 · answer #5 · answered by keri gee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dante, in reference to Hell
2007-05-25 00:23:45 · answer #6 · answered by Sophist 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Quasimoto ??
2007-05-25 00:19:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋