“And now this morass that the great stink sends “Surrounds the city of the suffering, “And we cannot approach without offence.”

And more he said, though I cannot recall it, Because my sight entirely was drawn Toward the tower high, whose top is scorching,

Where, upon a flash, appeared just then Infernal furies three, and stained in blood, That members had and motions feminine. #INFERNO

Amid most pure green hydras they were clothed. They serpents and sidewinders had for hair, Which round their savage temples were enclosed. #InfernoIX #Furies #KindlyOnes

And he, who these unhappy ones knew there The handmaids of eternal torture’s queen, Then said: “Look on,” to me: “the Eumenides.”

“When comes Medusa, we shall polish him,” They said together, on us looking down; “For Theseus we never had revenge.” #INFERNOIX #ERINYES #GORGONA

For now there came crossing the turbid waves A shattering sound, so full of deadly fear, That both the banks did tremble then and quake.

He fanned the greasy air with his left hand, Conducting it still further from his face, And only with that effort seemed concerned. #InfernoIX

Ah! How high appeared then his disdain! He reached the gate, and with a little vise Did open it; for nothing him restrained. #InfernoIX #angelus

“O banished from the heavens, souls despised,” He started then upon the threshold grim, “Wherefore does naughty arrogance entice?”

“Why recalcitrate, when ’gainst His will “The ends may never be cut off or changed, “But have more frequently increased your ill? #InfernoIX

Inside we entered without any quarrel, And I, having most curious desire To know what kind of things were there concealed #INFERNOIX

Once being inside, did cast about my eye, And saw, at every hand, the awful champaign Most full of tears and every torment high. #INFERNOIX #DIS #DITE #HELL

The Pilgrimage of San Isidro, 1823 #romanticism #goya

For ‘midst the tombs were fires burning hard, The which were made so incandescent-white The blacksmith would ask nothing for his art.

And every casket there was opened wide. From out of each arose such deadly cries That come from ones pain sorrowfully tried. #InfernoIX