Teks asli (Inggris)

Purgatorio: Canto I To run o’er better waters hoists its sail     The little vessel of my genius now,     That leaves behind itself a sea so cruel; And of that second kingdom will I sing     Wherein the human spirit doth purge itself,     And to ascend to heaven becometh worthy. But let dead Poesy here rise again,     O holy Muses, since that I am yours,     And here Calliope somewhat ascend, My song accompanying with that sound,     Of which the miserable magpies felt