Dante the Man and the Poet (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from Dante the Man and the Poet The sea-wind blows through the pine forests of Ravenna, through the pine forests and over the deserted marshes where the ships of the Roman Navy once rode at anchor, and it was there - in that land which six hundred years ago was already the shrine of a half-forgotten past - that Dante looked forward to the future with firm and unfaltering faith and declared that in Florence alone would he accept the wreath due to the poet´s temples. That faith was not crowned with fulfilment while he lived, for the ban of exile lay over him to the end, and it was only when it was too late that Florence repented of her cruelty; but the wheel has come full circle at last, nowhere is he more honoured to-day than in his own beloved city, and nowhere is his triumph more fully recognised, even though his ashes still rest among those who gave him shelter. It was in the month of May, 1265, that the child was born whose fame was steadily to increase with the passing of the ages until in this six hundredth century he is an object of world-wide reverence. Like all infant Florentines, he was carried to the Baptistery on the day of his birth, and there received the name of Durante, "the enduring one," a name prophetic of his lasting fame. It was, however, by its contraction - Dante - that the boy was known, and it is that name which has come down to us through the centuries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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