a star,
Whence I at the beginning wept thereat."

According to Cary:--

"Here sighs, with lamentations and loud moans
Resounded through the air pierced by no star,
That e'en I wept at entering."

According to Parsons:--

"Mid sighs, laments, and hollow howls of woe,
Which, loud resounding through the starless air,
Forced tears of pity from mine eyes at first." [42]

[42] "Quivi sospiri, pianti ed alti guai
Risonavan per l' ner senza stelle,
Perch' io al cominciar ne lagrimai."

Canto V., line 84:--

LONGFELLOW.--"Fly through the air by their volition borne."
CARY.--"Cleave the air, wafted by their will along."
PARSONS.--"Sped ever onward by their wish alone." [43]

[43] "Volan per l' aer dal voler portate."

Canto XVII., line 42:--

LONGFELLOW.--"That he concede to us his stalwart shoulders."
CARY--"That to us he may vouchsafe
The aid of his strong shoulders."
PARSONS.--"And ask for us his shoulders' strong support." [44]

[44] "Che ne conceda i suoi omeri forti."

Canto XVII., line 25:--

LONGFELLOW.--
"His tail was wholly quivering in the void,
Contorting upwards the envenomed fork
That in the guise of scorpion armed its point."
CARY.--
"In the void
Glancing, his tail upturned its venomous fork,
With sting like scorpions armed."

PARSONS.--"In the void chasm his trembling tail he showed,
As up the envenomed, forked point he swung, Which, as in
scorpions, armed its tapering end." [45]

[45] "Nel vano tutta sue coda guizzava,
Torcendo in su la venenosa forca,
Che, a guisa di scorpion, la punta armava."

Canto V., line 51:--

LONGFELLOW.--"People whom the black air so castigates.
CARY.--"By the black air so scourged." [46]

[46] "Genti che l' aura nera si gastiga."

Line 136:--

LONGFELLOW.--"Kissed me upon the mouth all palpitating."
CARY.--"My lips all trembling kissed." [47]

[47] "La bocca mi bacio tutto tremante."

"Purgatorio," Canto XV., line 139:--

LONGFELLOW.--
"We passed along, athwart the twilight peering
Forward as far as ever eye could stretch
Against the sunbeams serotine and lucent." [48]

[48] "Noi andavam per lo vespero attenti
Oltre, quanto potean gli occhi allungarsi,
Contra i raggi serotini e lucenti."

Mr. Cary's "bright v