Note 36 — PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE. (continued 4)
A. J. W. (Alexander James William) Morrison translation
Dell’ Inferno, Canto III.
“............ quel cattivo coro Degli angeli che non furon rebelli, Nè fur fedeli a Dio, ma per ae foro. Cacciarli i Ciel, per non esser men belli; Nè lo profundo Inferno gli riceve, Ch’ alcuna gloria i rel avrebber d’ elli.”
Thus rendered by Carey:—
“............. with that ill-band Of angels mixed, who nor rebellious proved Nor yet were true to God, but for themselves Were only. From his bounds Heaven drove them, Not to impair his luster; nor the depth Of Hell receives them, lest th’ accursed tribe Should glory thence with exultation vain.”—Trans.