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di nostra via, restammo in su un piano 20 we stopped at a flat and open spot
 
solingo più che strade per diserti. 21 more solitary than a desert track.
 
    Da la sua sponda, ove confina il vano, 22 From its edge, which borders on the void,
 
al piè de l'alta ripa che pur sale, 23 to the foot of the lofty bank in its sheer rise,
 
misurrebbe in tre volte un corpo umano; 24 would measure thrice the body of a man,
 
    e quanto l'occhio mio potea trar d'ale, 25 and as far as my eye could wing its flight,
 
or dal sinistro e or dal destro fianco, 26 now toward the left, now toward the other side,
 
questa cornice mi parea cotale. 27 the terrace stretched before me.
 
    Là sù non eran mossi i piè nostri anco, 28 Our feet had not yet stepped on it
 
quand' io conobbi quella ripa intorno 29 when I perceived that the encircling bank,
 
che dritto di salita aveva manco, 30 steep and impossible to climb,
 
    esser di marmo candido e addorno 31 was of white marble carved with so much art
 
d'intagli sì, che non pur Policleto, 32 that Polycletus and nature herself
 
ma la natura lì avrebbe scorno. 33 would there be put to shame.
 
    L'angel che venne in terra col decreto 34 The angel who came to earth with the decree of peace

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