Dante Meets Beatrice
“Dante, though Virgil’s leaving you, do not
yet weep, do not weep yet; you’ll need your tears
for what another sword must yet inflict.”
. . .
“Look here! For I am Beatrice, I am!”
—Purgatorio, 30:55–57, 73
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Dante Meets Beatrice
“Dante, though Virgil’s leaving you, do not
yet weep, do not weep yet; you’ll need your tears
for what another sword must yet inflict.”
. . .
“Look here! For I am Beatrice, I am!”
—Purgatorio, 30:55–57, 73
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