La Soglia - The threshold of Hell
An old man, hoary with the hair of eld,
Crying: "Woe unto you, ye souls depraved
Hope nevermore to look upon the heavens;
I come to lead you to the other shore,
To the eternal shades in heat and frost.
And thou, that yonder standest, living soul,
Withdraw thee from these people, who are dead!
(Inferno, Canto III, vv.82-89
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