Midway Upon The Journey Of Our Life

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Illustration: Dante's Divine Comedy, Inferno
Plate 1: Dante In The Dusky Woods by Gustave Doré

English:

Midway upon the journey of our life
I found myself within a forest dark,
For the straightforward pathway had been lost.

Italian:

Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita
mi ritrovai per una selva oscura
ché la diritta via era smarrita.

• Dante Alighieri: The Divine Comedy - Inferno: Canto I Lines 1-3
• Tr: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow