Rafel maì amech zàbi almi,
Comincio a gridar la fiera bocca
Cui non si convenien più dolci salmi.—Inferno, xxxi. 70.
[270] Purg. i. 23.
[271] Par. i. 37; Purg. xxx. 89.
[272] Inferno, xxxiv. 110.
[273] See particularly the description of the falcon (Purg. xix. 63), the lark (Par. xx. 73), the rooks (Par. xxi. 34), the pigeon (Purg. ii. 118), the cranes (Purg. xxiv. 63), and of other birds (Par. xviii. 68, xxiii. 1).
[274] Purg. xxviii. 18, i. 113, and xxvii. 76; Par. xxxiii. 77.
[275] Purg. x. 37; Par. xx. 73, and xxxi. 40.
[276] Par. xv. 124 (Carey’s translation).