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Canto 1 The Dark Wood of Error (Stanzas 1-4)
Amiss I went, within a mortal’s journey
in a dismal wood of sin, I awoke off the True Path!
In a black forest, I departed from the way of light! How to say
how wicked! Never witnessed so dismal, so rank,
so savagely untamed its rough growth twas’ in this timberland!
To my fear, gives eyes to the dead.
Than that infernal-wood could one’s demise be not far more venomous!
Of what hallowed one can preach,
recounting I will that was unveiled to me by the Lord’s grace.
I scarcely can say how I came about it,
so intoxicated with weariness I was constrained
from the True Way I strayed with ill sense.
in a dismal wood of sin, I awoke off the True Path!
In a black forest, I departed from the way of light! How to say
how wicked! Never witnessed so dismal, so rank,
so savagely untamed its rough growth twas’ in this timberland!
To my fear, gives eyes to the dead.
Than that infernal-wood could one’s demise be not far more venomous!
Of what hallowed one can preach,
recounting I will that was unveiled to me by the Lord’s grace.
I scarcely can say how I came about it,
so intoxicated with weariness I was constrained
from the True Way I strayed with ill sense.
Published 21st Feb 2019
Author's Note
I took the first four stanzas from Dante Alighieri's, The Inferno, and did a bit of word play with it. I'll be submitting next a revision which entirely changes the length and shape of the whole first four stanzas in my style.
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