The Divine Comedy of Dante Aligheri
Translated by Charles Eliot Norton
CONTENTS
[CANTO I.]
Proem.—Invocation.—Beatrice and Dante ascend to the Sphere of Fire.—Beatrice explains the cause of their ascent.
[CANTO II.]
Proem.—Ascent to the Moon.—The cause of Spots on the Moon.—Influence of the Heavens.
[CANTO III.]
The Heaven of the Moon.—Spirits whose vows had been broken.—Piccarda Donati.—The Empress Constance.
[CANTO IV.]
Doubts of Dante, respecting the justice of Heaven and the abode of the blessed, solved by Beatrice.—Question of Dante as to the possibility of reparation for broken vows.
[CANTO V.]
The sanctity of vows, and the seriousness with which they are to be made or changed.—Ascent to the Heaven of Mercury.—The shade of Justinian.
[CANTO VI.]
Justinian tells of his own life.—The story of the Roman Eagle.—Spirits in the planet Mercury.—Romeo.