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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 02, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![The Divine Comedy by Dante, Illustrated, Hell, Volume 04](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqnevgna3arkrtdchsp9kpft/editions/2026-09-06-html-v1/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260913%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260913T183401Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=73dc1de396819fd4e536c4333041728902446f11ab0fc05a344aa54f7ae8277c) ## About this work In the fourth circle of Hell, Dante encounters a grim spectacle: souls driven by opposing sins of greed and wastefulness roll immense weights against one another, locked in an endless, fruitless struggle. Among them are figures once separated from the Church, now rendered indistinguishable by the darkness of their former lives. Through the voice of his guide, Dante reflects on fortune, human blindness, and the fleeting value of worldly wealth. This fourth volume of The Divine Comedy, Illustrated, Hell presents Cantos VII and VIII from The Vision of Hell, in the translation of Henry Francis Cary. Gustave Doré’s illustrations accompany Dante’s descent, joining the poem’s moral intensity to a powerful visual imagination. This Publica.now Classics edition includes a new typographic cover and publisher opening and closing pages. Sample ## Take a look inside THE VISION OF HELL, PURGATORY, AND PARADISE BY DANTE ALIGHIERI TRANSLATED BY THE REV. H. F. CARY, M.A. HELL OR THE INFERNO Part 4. LIST OF CANTOS Canto 7 Canto 8 CANTO VII "AH me! O Satan! Satan!" loud exclaim'd Plutus, in accent hoarse of wild alarm: And the kind sage, whom no event surpris'd, To comfort me thus spake: "Let not thy fear Harm thee, for power in him, be sure, is none To hinder down this rock thy safe descent." Then to that sworn lip turning, "Peace!" he cried, "Curs'd wolf! thy fury inward on thyself Prey, and consume thee! Through the dark profound Not without cause he passes. So 't is will'd On high, there where the great Archangel pour'd Heav'n's vengeance on the first adulterer proud." As sails full spread and bellying with the wind Drop suddenly collaps'd, if the mast split; So to the ground down dropp'd the cruel fiend. Thus we, descending to the fourth steep ledge, Gain'd on the dismal shore, that all the woe Hems in of all the universe. Ah me! Almighty Justice! in what store thou heap'st New pains, new troubles, as I here beheld! Wherefore doth fault of ours bring us to this? E'en as a billow, on Charybdis rising, Against encounter'd billow dashing breaks; Such is the dance this wretched race must lead, Whom more than elsewhere numerous here I found, From one side and the other, with loud voice, Both roll'd on weights by main forge of their breasts, Then smote together, and each one forthwith Roll'd them back voluble, turning again, Exclaiming these, "Why holdest thou so fast?" Those answering, "And why castest thou away?" So still repeating their despiteful song, They to the opposite point on either hand Travers'd the horrid circle: then arriv'd, Both… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fthe-divine-comedy-by-dante-illustrated-hell-volume-04) The sample continues in the full work. 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