The Divine Comedy: Illustrations by Gustave Doré

 

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Charon on the River Acheron

Inferno, Canto 3: Charon on the River Acheron

And lo! towards us coming in a boat
An old man, hoary with the hair of eld,
Crying: “Woe unto you, ye souls depraved!

Hope nevermore to look upon the heavens;
I come to lead you to the other shore,
To the eternal shades in heat and frost.”