Italian national epic poet (1265 - 1321)

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All hope abandon, ye who enter here!
Avarice, envy, pride, Three fatal sparks, have set the hearts of all On Fire.
Consider your origin; you were not born to live like brutes, but to follow virtue and knowledge.
There is no greater sorrow Than to be mindful of the happy time In misery.
Through me you pass into the city of woe: Through me you pass into eternal pain: Through me among the people lost for aye. Justice the founder of my fabric moved: To rear me was the task of power divine, Supremest wisdom, and primeval love. Before me things create were none, save things Eternal, and eternal I shall endure. All hope abandon, ye who enter here.

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