And lo, towards us in a boat there comes
An Old Man, covered in ancient hoariness,
Crying: "Woe to you, accursed race!
Forget the heavens, now that you have met me!
In my boat prepare to cross
To eternal darkness, and to cold, and to heat."
Literal translation
Dante, The Divine Comedy, Inferno, Canto III.
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