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		<title>Dante Alighieri -- The Divine Comedy [Divina Commedia], Book 2 &#8220;Purgatorio,&#8221; Canto 30, l.  46ff (3.46-68) (1314) [tr. Musa (1981)]</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not one drop of blood is left inside my veins that does not throb: I recognize signs of the ancient flame. [Men che dramma di sangue m&#8217;è rimaso, che non tremi; conosco i segni de l&#8217;antica fiamma.] Dante, on seeing his long-lost love, Beatrice, repeating to Virgil the lines he had given Dido (Aeneid, 4.23) [&#8230;]]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<figure id="attachment_67860" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-67860" style="width: 280px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Gustave-Dore-Purgatorio-30-32.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" src="https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Gustave-Dore-Purgatorio-30-32-280x300.jpg" alt="gustave dore purgatorio 30 32 - arrival of beatrice" width="280" height="300" class="size-medium wp-image-67860" srcset="https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Gustave-Dore-Purgatorio-30-32-280x300.jpg 280w, https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Gustave-Dore-Purgatorio-30-32-956x1024.jpg 956w, https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Gustave-Dore-Purgatorio-30-32-768x823.jpg 768w, https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Gustave-Dore-Purgatorio-30-32-1434x1536.jpg 1434w, https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Gustave-Dore-Purgatorio-30-32.jpg 1680w" sizes="(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-67860" class="wp-caption-text">Dore &#8211; Purgatorio, Canto 30 &#8211; The Arrival of Beatrice</figcaption></figure>
<p><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">Not one drop of blood<br />
is left inside my veins that does not throb:<br />
I recognize signs of the ancient flame.</p>
<p><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><em>[Men che dramma<br />
di sangue m&#8217;è rimaso, che non tremi;<br />
conosco i segni de l&#8217;antica fiamma.]</em></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<br><b>Dante Alighieri</b> (1265-1321) Italian poet<br><i>The Divine Comedy [Divina Commedia]</i>, Book 2 <i>&#8220;Purgatorio,&#8221;</i> Canto 30, l.  46ff (3.46-68) (1314) [tr. Musa (1981)] 
									<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(<a href="https://archive.org/details/dantealighierisd03dant/page/294/mode/2up?q=%22not+one+drop%22" target="_blank">Source</a>)
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Dante, on seeing his long-lost love, Beatrice, repeating to Virgil the lines he had given Dido (Aeneid, 4.23) about how she felt the stirring of long-dead passion upon seeing Aeneas: <em>"Agnosco veteris vestigia flammae"</em> ("I know the traces of the ancient flame" [tr. <a href="https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/VirgilAeneidIV.php#anchor_Toc342017:~:text=I%20know%20the%20traces%20of%20the%20ancient%20flame.">Kline</a> (2002)]).<br><br>

(Source (Italian)). Alternate translations:<br><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">There is no dram of blood,<br>
That doth not quiver in me. The old flame<br>
Throws out clear tokens of reviving fire.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/8795/8795-h/8795-h.htm#cantoII.30:~:text=%E2%80%9CThere%20is%20no%20dram%20of%20blood%2C%0AThat%20doth%20not%20quiver%20in%20me.%20The%20old%20flame%0AThrows%20out%20clear%20tokens%20of%20reviving%20fire%3A%E2%80%9D">Cary</a> (1814)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">There is not one drop<br>
Of blood within me trembling but became:<br>
I know the tokens of the ancient fame.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/comedyofdanteal00dant/page/302/mode/2up?q=%22not+one+drop%22">Bannerman</a> (1850)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">Not a drachm<br>
Of blood remains in me, that does not tremble;<br>
I know the traces of the ancient flame.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Divine_Comedy_(Longfellow_1867)/Volume_2/Canto_30#:~:text=Not%20a%20drachm%0A%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0Of%20blood%20remains%20in%20me%2C%20that%20does%20not%20tremble%3B%0A%C2%A0%C2%A0%C2%A0I%20know%20the%20traces%20of%20the%20ancient%20flame.">Longfellow</a> (1867)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Less than a dram of blood remains to me which trembles not; I recognise the signs of the ancient flame.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/purgatorydantea00aliggoog/page/n390/mode/2up?q=%22less+than+a+dram%22">Butler</a> (1885)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">Rests within my frame<br>
No dram of blood that does not tremble now;<br>
I know the symptoms of the olden flame.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedyofda00dantrich/page/246/mode/2up?q=%22within+my+frame%22">Minchin</a> (1885)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Less than a drachm of blood remains in me that doth not tremble; I recognize the signals of the ancient flame.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1996/1996-h/1996-h.htm#cantoII.XXX:~:text=Less%20than%20a%20drachm%20of%20blood%20remains%20in%20me%20that%20doth%20not%20tremble%3B%20I%20recognize%20the%20signals%20of%20the%20ancient%20flame">Norton</a> (1892)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">Less than a drachm of blood<br>
is left in me that trembleth not; I recognise<br>
the tokens of the ancient flame.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/purgatorioofdant00dant_0/page/380/mode/2up?q=%22drachm+of+blood%22">Okey</a> (1901)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Not a drop of blood is left in me that does not tremble; I know the marks of the ancient flame.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/iipurgatoriowith00dant/page/394/mode/2up?q=%22drop+of+blood%22">Sinclair</a> (1939)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">Scarce one drop remains<br>
Of blood in me that trembles not: by this<br>
I recognize the old flame within my veins.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/portabledante00dant/page/344/mode/2up?q=%22trembles+not%22">Binyon</a> (1943)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">There is scarce a dram <br>
That does not hammer and throb in all my blood;<br>
I know the embers of the ancient flame.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedy0002unse/page/308/mode/2up?q=%22scarce+a+dram%22">Sayers</a> (1955)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">There is not within me <br>
one drop of blood unstirred. I recognize <br>
the tokens of the ancient flame.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/purgatorio00dant/page/304/mode/2up?view=theater&q=%22there+is+not+within%22">Ciardi</a> (1961)]</blockquote><br>


<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">Less than a drop of blood<br>
Is left in me, that is not trembling:<br>
I know the signs of the ancient flame.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedy0000dant/page/330/mode/2up?q=%22drop+of+blood%22">Sisson</a> (1981)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">I am left with less<br>
than one drop of blood that does not tremble:<br>
I recognize the signs of the old flame.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/purgatorio0000dant_m5q7/page/266/mode/2up?q=%22left+with+less%22">Mandelbaum</a> (1982)]</blockquote><br>

<blockquote>There is a barely a drop of blood in me that does not tremble: I know the tokens of the ancient flame.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Italian/DantPurg29to33.php#:~:text=There%20is%20a%20barely%20a%20drop%20of%20blood%20in%20me%20that%20does%20not%20tremble%3A%20I%20know%20the%20tokens%20of%20the%20ancient%20flame.">Kline</a> (2002)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>Less than a dram of blood is left me that is not trembling: I recognize the signs of the ancient flame!<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedyofda0002dant_d4k9/page/512/mode/2up?q=%22less+than+a+dram%22">Durling</a> (2003)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">There is not one gram<br>
of blood in me that does not tremble now.<br>
I recognize the signs of ancient flame.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://archive.org/details/divinecomedy2pur0000dant/page/282/mode/2up?q=%22ancient+flame%22">Kirkpatrick</a> (2007)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab"><span class="tab">Not a single drop of blood<br>
remains in me that does not tremble --<br>
I know the signs of the ancient flame.[tr. <a href="https://dante.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/dante/campuscgi/mpb/GetCantoSection.pl?INP_POEM=Purg&INP_SECT=30&INP_START=46&INP_LEN=3&LANG=0">Hollander/Hollander</a> (2007)] </blockquote><br>

<blockquote>There isn't a single drop of whatever blood<br>
<span class="tab">Still flows in my veins that isn't shaking from fear:<br>
<span class="tab">I recognize the signs of that ancient fire.<br>
[tr. <a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Divine_Comedy/WZyBj-s9PfsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=%22single%20drop%20of%22">Raffel</a> (2010)]</blockquote><br>						</span>
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