intolerant of evil, but not sceptical or callous; yet with the impressions and memories of a very different scene from his old day-dreams. [Footnote 67: Vincendo me col lume d'un sorriso.--_Parad._ 18.] [Footnote 68: For instance, his feeling of distress at gazing at the blind, who were not aware of his presence-- A me pareva andando fare oltraggio Vedendo altrui, non essendo veduto:--_Purg._ 13. and of shame, at being tempted to listen to a quarrel between two lost spirits: Ad ascoltarli er'io del tutto fisso, Quando 'l Maestro mi disse: or pur mira, Che per poco è, che teco non mi risso. Quando io 'l senti' a me parlar con ira Volsimi verso lui con tal vergogna, Ch'ancor per la memoria mi si gira, &c.--_Inf._ 30. and the burst, O dignitosa coscienza e netta, Come t'è picciol fallo amaro morso.--_Purg._ 3.] [Footnote 69: _Parad._ 5.] [Footnote 70: _Purg._ 24.] [Footnote 71: _Parad._ 25.] After that it was the pleasure of the citizens of that fairest and most famous daughter of Rome, Florence, to cast me forth from her most sweet bosom (wherein I had been nourished up to the maturity of my life, and in which, with all peace to her, I long with all my heart to rest my weary soul, and finish the time which is given me), I have passed through almost all the regions to which this language reaches, a wanderer, almost a beggar, displaying, against my will, the stroke of fortune, which is ofttimes unjustly wont to be imputed to the person stricken. Truly, I have been a ship without a sail or helm, carried to divers harbours, and gulfs, and shores, by that parching wind which sad poverty breathes; and I have seemed vile in the eyes of many, who perchance, from some fame, had imagined of me in another form; in the sight of whom not only did my presence become nought, but every work of mine less prized, both what had been and what was to be wrought.--_Convito_, Tr. i. c. 3.