"What the Thunder Said" Annotations
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Quando fiam ceu chelidon - O swallow swallow | Quando fiam ceu chelidon - O swallow swallow | ||
Le Prince d'Aquitaine a la tour abolie 430 | Le Prince d'Aquitaine a la tour abolie 430 | ||
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| + | '''Translation:''' | ||
| + | ::"Then he vanished into the fire that refines them." Eliot's note cites Dante, ''Purgatorio'' | ||
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| + | ::::"No I beseech you, by that virtue | ||
| + | ::::which conducts you to the summit of the steps [in Purgatory], | ||
| + | ::::at times bethink yourself of my suffering.' | ||
| + | ::::Then he vanished into the fire that refines them. | ||
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| + | Dante hears this from Arnault Daniel, to whom the ''Divine Comedy'' is dedicated. See "The Waste Land's" [[Dedication Annotations]]. | ||
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