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The Divine Comedy [Divina Commedia], Book 1 "Inferno," Canto 6, l. 13ff (6.13-18) (1309) [tr. Binyon (1943)] - Dante Alighieri | WIST Quotations
Cerberus, cruel and uncouth monster, there Stretches his three throats out and hound-like bays Over the people embogged about his lair. His beard is slobbered black, his red eyes blaze, His belly is big, his hands clawed; and with growl The spirits he clutches, rends piecemeal and flays. [Cerbero, fiera…