Poems Consisting of the Following Pieces Viz I Ode Written Upon the Death of
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TRANSLA- [ '3 ] TRANSLATION FROM D ANTE, CANTO XXXIII. Dante, being conducted by Virgil into the infernal Re- gions, fees a perfon devouring a human fkull, and ftruck by fo horrid a light, inquires into his Hiftory, and receives this account. N -r O W from the fell repaft, and horrid food, * The Sinner rofe, but firft (the clotted blood With hair depending from the mangled head) His jaws he wiped* and thus he wildly faid : Ah[ * Count Ugolino, a Nobleman of Pifa, entered into a confpiracy with ...the Archbifhop Rugieri, of the Ubaldini family, to depofe the Governor of Pifa ; in which cnterprize having fucceeded, Ugolino aflumed the government of the city ; but the Archbifhop, jealous of his power, incited the people againft him ; and gaining the affiftance of the three powerful families o^ the Gulandi, Lanfranchi, and Sif- mondi, C '+ ] Ah ! will't thou then recall this fcene of woe, And teach again my fcalding tears to flow r* Thou know'ft not how tremendous is the tale, My brain will madden, and my utterance fail.
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