“Night is reascending, and ’tis time That we depart, for we have seen the whole.” ---------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd day. (no night intervening) 7.30 a.m. In the new hemisphere “Già il sole a mezza terza riede.” _Inf._ xxxiv. 96. “And now the sun to middle-tierce returns.” ---------------------------------------------------------------- 4th day. About an hour before sunrise (5 a.m.). On the island of Purgatory. “E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle.” _Inf._ xxxiv. 139. “Thence we came forth to see again the stars.” “Lo bel pianeta che ad amar conforta Faceva tutto rider l’ oriente, Velando i Pesci ch’ erano in sua scorta.” _Purg._ i. 19-21. “The beauteous planet that to love incites Was making all the orient to laugh, Veiling the Fishes that were in her escort.” ---------------------------------------------------------------- Dawn. “Lo sol vi mostrerà, che surge omai.” _Purg._ i. 107. “The sun, which now is rising, will direct you.” “L’ alba vinceva l’ ora mattutina.” _Purg._ i. 115. “The dawn was vanquishing the matin hour.” ---------------------------------------------------------------- Sun just below east horizon. On the Shore of the Island. “Già era il sole all’ orizzonte giunto Lo cui meridian cerchio coperchia Jerusalem col suo più alto punto; E la notte, che opposita a lui cerchia, Uscia di Gange fuor con le bilance Che le caggion di man quando soperchia; Si che le bianche e le vermilie guance, Là dove io era, della bella Aurora, Per troppa etate divenivan rance.” _Purg._ ii. 1-9. “Already had the sun the horizon reached Whose circle of meridian covers o’er Jerusalem with its most lofty point; And night, that opposite to him revolves, Was issuing forth from Ganges, with the scales That fall from out her hand when she exceedeth; So that the white and the vermilion cheeks Of beautiful Aurora, where I was, By too great age were changing into orange.” ---------------------------------------------------------------- Sun risen.