“Da tutte parti saettava il giorno Lo sol, ch’avea con le saette conte Di mezzo il ciel cacciato il Capricorno.” _Purg._ ii. 55-57. “On every side was darting forth the day The sun, who had with his resplendent shafts From the mid-heaven chased forth the Capricorn.” ---------------------------------------------------------------- Soon after sunrise. Walking westward, towards the Mountain of Purgatory. “Lo sol che retro fiammeggiava roggio.” _Purg._ iii. 16. “The sun that in our rear was flaming red.” ---------------------------------------------------------------- Shortly after 6 a.m. (3 p.m. in Italy). “Vespero è già colà dov’ è sepolto Lo corpo dentro al quale io facea ombra.” _Purg._ iii. 25, 26. “’Tis vespers there already where is buried The body within which I cast a shadow.” ---------------------------------------------------------------- About 9.30 a.m. At the foot of the Mountain. “Ben cinquanta gradi salito era Lo sole.” _Purg._ iv. 15, 16. “Fifty full degrees uprisen was The sun.” ---------------------------------------------------------------- Midday. On a ledge of the Mountain (Anti-purgatory). “Vedi ch’è tocco Meridian dal sole, e dalla riva. Copre la notte già col piè Morrocco.” _Purg._ iv. 137-139. “See, the sun has touched Meridian, and from the shore the night Covers already with her foot Morocco.” ---------------------------------------------------------------- Afternoon. Climbing the eastern slope of the Mountain. “Vedi omai che il poggio l’ ombra getta. . . . . . Prima che sii lassù tornar vedrai Colui che già si copre della costa, Sì che i suoi raggi tu romper non fai.” _Purg._ vi. 51-57. “See, e’en now the hill a shadow casts. . . . . . Ere thou art up there, thou shalt see return Him, who now hides himself behind the hill, So that thou dost not interrupt his rays.” ---------------------------------------------------------------- Evening. “Vedi già come dichina il giorno.” _Purg._ vii. 43.