That Death in Old Age is without Sorrow and with-
out Pain (Conv. iv. 28, 11. 24-34)
Of such as speak against Religion (Conv. iv. 5, 11.
72-9)
Of False Opinion (Conv. iv. 7, 11. 16-42)
Of Degeneracy (Conv. iv. 7, 11. 87 ff.)
That Windfalls come mostly to the Undeserving (Conv.
iv. 11, 11. 72-92).
Of the Growth of Man's Desires (Conv. iv. 12, 11.
Of Shame (Conv. iv. 19, ll. 84-8)
Of Modesty (Conv. iv. 25, ll. 88-94)
Os Unseemly Talk (Conv. iv. 25, ll. 97-102)
Of the Noble Soul in Old Age (Conv. iv. 27, ll. 10-13)
That a Man should set a Good Example (Conv. iv. 27,
11. 29 ff.).
Of the Return of the Noble Soul to God (Conv. iv. 28,
11. 5-24, 48-59)
Of the Welcome of the Noble Soul by the Citizens of
Eternal Life (Conv. iv. 28, 11. 34-48)
That Every Man should bequeath something to Pos-
terity (Mon. i. I, ll. 1-14)
That Nothing is without its Appointed End (Mon. i.
3, 11. 21-4)
Of the Serene Beauty of Justice (Mon. i. 11, ll. 28-37)
Of the Conflicting Ambitions of Mankind (Mon. i. 16,
On the Advent of the Emperor Henry VII. into Italy
(Epist. v., 11. 1-10)
Dante threatens the Rebellious Florentines with the
Vengeance of the Emperor (Epist. vi., 11. 26 ff.) 376
Dante refuses to return to Florence on Degrading Con-
ditions (Epist. ix., 11. 27-52)
"Estne ista Revocatio Gloriosa"?
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF
TRANSLATORS
ANONYMOUS; (in Dodsley's Museum, 1746), pp. 35-6. BYRON, Lord (1788-1824); (in Don Juan, 1819), p. 72. CARY, HENRY FRANCIS (1772-1844); (in The Vision of Dante, 1805-14), pp. 25-7, 38, 137, 140-1, 144, 149, 152, 154-5, 171-4, 178, 183-5, 201, 206-7, 211, 215-25, 227-34. CHAUCER, GEOFFREY (c. 1340-1400); (in Troilus and Cressida, c. 1380-2), p. 14; (in Prologue to Legend of Good Women, c. 1385-6), p. 22; (in Wife of Bath's Tale, c. 1386-8), p. 71; (in Prologue to Second Nun's Tale, c. 1386-8), pp. 235-6.
HAYLEY, WILLIAM (1745-1820); (in Notes to Third Epistle on Epic Poetry, 1782), pp. 3, 5, 6.
HUGGINS, WILLIAM (1696-1761); (in British Magazine, 1760), pp. 86-7.
LYELL, CHARLES (1767-1849); (in The Canzoniere of Dante, 1835), p. 272.
ROSSETTI, DANTE GABRIEL (1828-1882); (in Early Italian Poets, 1861), pp. 246-8, 251-66, 269-70, 273-7. SHADWELL, CHARLES LANCELOT (1882), pp. 39-43; (in The Purgatory of Dante, 1892-9), pp. 47-51, 53-70, 7385, 88, 91-102, 104-8, III-20, 124-5.
SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe (1792-1822); (Dante Alighieri to Guido Cavalcanti, 1816), pp. 267-8.
TENNYSON, ALFRED (1809-1892); (in Locksley Hall, 1842), p. 14.
TOYNBEE, PAGET (1906), pp. 4, 6, 17, 20-2, 37, 52, 71, 88-9, 137, 139, 144-5, 148, 167, 170, 174, 200, 210, 249-50, 281-380. WRIGHT, ICHABOD CHARLES (1795-1871); (in
Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso of Dante, 1833-40), pp. 7-13, 15-20, 22-4, 28-34, 44-6, 90, 103, 109-10, 121-3, 126-36, 138, 142-3, 145-8, 150-1, 153, 156-66, 168-9, 175-7, 179-82, 186-200, 202-5, 208-9, 212-14, 226, 237-42.
ABSTINENCE, Angel of, 103.
Ambitions, conflicting, of man-
kind, 371.
Angels, Guardian, 74;
angel, 91; angel of the love
of God, 97; of abstinence,
103; angels in the Celestial
Rose, 224; food of, 281.
Anniversary of Beatrice's death,
259.
Annunciation, 83.
Apollo, Dante's prayer to,
128.
Appointed end, nothing with-
out, 369.
Arsenal at Venice, 32.
Artist, love of, for his work,
145.
Authors, jealousy of, 300.
Autumn leaves, 7.
BEASTS that perish, 140.
Beatific Vision, Dante invited
by St Bernard to look upon,
239; Dante invokes divine
aid in description of, 241;
essence of, 242.
Beatrice, first appearance of,
115; reveals herself, 119;
her reproval of Dante, 122;
eyes of, 167, 173, 215, 253;
smile of, 167, 188, 253;
prayers of, on behalf of
Dante, to the Blessed Spirits,
194; to St Peter, 196;
Dante's prayer to, when
glorified, 228; loveliness of,
255; perfection of, 257;
anniversary of the death of,
259; pilgrims unknowing of
the death of, 261; the
garland of, 271; Dante's
desire to gaze upon, 273;
how Dante found consola-
tion for the loss of, 319.
Beauty and duty, 265; beauty
of proportion, 288; beauty
unadorned, 294; physical
beauty and deformity, 331;
serene beauty of justice,
370.
Bernard, St, Dante's reverence
for, 230; points out to Dante
the Virgin Mary enthroned,
231; bids Dante gaze upon
the face of the Virgin, 233;
invocation to the Virgin,
235; prayer to the Virgin on
behalf of Dante, 237; invites
Dante to look upon the
Beatific Vision, 239.
Birds, singing at dawn, 109;
flight of, 175; on the nest,
awaiting daybreak, 186;
talking of, 332.
Birthplace of St Francis, 153;
of St Dominic, 157.
Blame of self, 284.
Blindness, intellectual, 295.
Bliss, apportionment of, 141.
Boughs, bending before breeze,
Breeze, at dawn, 52; boughs
bending before, 209.
Brunetto Latino, foretells
Dante's fame and exile, 24;
Dante's gratitude to, 25.
Buonconte, death of, at Cam-
paldino, 62; fate of his body,
64.
CACCIAGUIDA, foretells Dante's
exile, 171.
Campaldino, death of Buon-
conte at, 62.
Casella, sings to Dante, 54.
Casentino, streams of, 44.
Cataract, 26.
Cavalcanti, Guido, sonnet to,
267.
Cavalry, manoeuvres of, 33,
Celestial Rose in the Empy-
rean, 219, 221; seats of the
Blessed in, 223; Angels in,
224; Dante's contemplation
of, 227.
Cranes, 12, 101.
Creed of Dante, 201.
DANTE, enrolled among the
honourable company of
poets, 8; his fame and
exile foretold by Brunetto
Latino, 24; gratitude to
Brunetto, 25; rebuked by
Virgil, 45; Casella sings to,
54; spirits amazed at sight
of his shadow, 60; Beatrice's
reproval of, 122; "trans-
humanised," 130; his exile
foretold by Cacciaguida,
171; prayers of Beatrice on
behalf of, 194, 196; defines
faith to St Peter, 197;
questioned by St Peter con-
cerning his faith, 199; his
creed, 201; his hope that his
poem may open again to
him the gates of Florence,
202; defines hope and the
promise of hope to St James,
204, 205; his profession of
love, 208; his amazement
at sight of the Heavenly
Host, 226; contemplation
of the Celestial Rose, 227;
prayer to Beatrice glorified,
228; reverence for St
Bernard, 230; sees the
Virgin Mary enthroned,
231; gazes upon the face of
the Virgin, 233; St Bernard's
prayer to the Virgin on
behalf of, 237; invited by
St Bernard to look upon
the Beatific Vision, 239 ;
like one awakened from a
dream, 240; invokes divine
aid in description of the
Beatific Vision, 241; sonnet
to Guido Cavalcanti, 267;
Certainty of future life, 313.
Child rescued from fire by its
mother, 34.
Christ, in the Temple, 94;
crucified, vision of, 165.
Clock, chiming to matins,
150; wheels of, 195.
Cloudless sky, 216.
Community, growth of, 345.
Compasses, golden, 178.
Conrad Malaspina, 75.
Consolation of Dante for loss
of Beatrice, 319.
Constellation of Gemini, 185.
Corporeal forms, 136.
Courtesy, real meaning of,
318.
Covetousness, 20.
Cowardice, 5.
to Giovanni Quirino, 269; |
his thoughts at the approach
of death, 269; he will gaze
upon his lady, 273; how he
found consolation for the
loss of Beatrice, 319; his de-
fective sight, 337; threatens
rebellious Florentines with
vengeance of Emperor, 376;
refuses to return to Florence
on degrading conditions,
378; sonnet on, 380.
Dawn, breeze at, 52; pilgrims
at, 72; hour before, 77; birds
singing at, 109; rooks at, 184.
Daybreak, by the sea at, 53
bird on the nest awaiting,
186.
Death, of Buonconte, 62; of
St Francis, 155; love and
death, 247; of Beatrice, 259,
261; Dante's thoughts at
the approach of, 271; death
in old age without sorrow
and without pain, 362.
Defective sight, 337.
Deformity, physical, 331.
Degeneracy, 349,
Delights, To scorn, and live
laborious days, 37.
Demented, the, 328.
Desires, growth of man's, 353.
Dominic, St, 159; and St
Francis, 152; birthplace of,
157; and heresy, 161.
Doubt and truth, 137.
Doves, returning to the nest,
13.
Duty and beauty, 265.
EARTHLY Paradise, lady in,
III; rivers of, 113.
Earthly pursuits, vanity of,
151.
Earthly renown, 89.
FAITH, Dante examined con-
cerning, by St Peter, 196,
199; definition of, 197, 198.
Falcon, baffled, 28.
Falling stars, 166.
False opinion, 347.
Fire, green stick hissing in,
21; flakes of, 23; child
rescued from, by its mother,
34.
Firebrand, sparks from, 176.
Fireflies, 38.
Flakes of fire, 23.
Flight of cranes, 101; of birds,
175.
Florence, in olden time, 168;
Dante's exile from, foretold,
24, 171; Dante refuses to
return to, on degrading con-
ditions, 378.
Florentines, the rebellious,
threatened by Dante with
vengeance of Emperor, 376.
Flowery Valley, 69.
Food, of angels, 21.
Foreign tongues, the use of,
299.
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