The other shore
Behold then, coming toward us in a boat, an aged man, all white with ancient hair, who shouted:
“Woe to you, ye souls depraved! Give up all hope of ever seeing Heaven! I come to take you to the other shore, into eternal darkness, heat and cold. And thou that yonder art, a living soul, withdraw thee from those fellows that are dead.”
But when he saw that I did not withdraw, he said:
“By other roads and other ferries shalt thou attain a shore to pass across, not here; a lighter boat must carry thee.”
INFERNO III
Acitrezza, Sicilia
The other shore
Behold then, coming toward us in a boat, an aged man, all white with ancient hair, who shouted:
“Woe to you, ye souls depraved! Give up all hope of ever seeing Heaven! I come to take you to the other shore, into eternal darkness, heat and cold. And thou that yonder art, a living soul, withdraw thee from those fellows that are dead.”
But when he saw that I did not withdraw, he said:
“By other roads and other ferries shalt thou attain a shore to pass across, not here; a lighter boat must carry thee.”
INFERNO III
Acitrezza, Sicilia