Vexilla regis prodeunt Inferni

[rainy]

Far across the frozen ice can be seen the gigantic figure of Lucifer, who appears from this distance like a windmill seen through fog; and as the two travelers walk on toward that terrifying sight, they see the shades of sinners totally buried in the frozen water. At the center of the earth Lucifer stands frozen from the chest downward, and his

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[raving_dragoon]

Did you write that or is it from something?

[rainy]

My apologies.
This is taken from Dante's Inferno.

[anonymous]

"The Emperor of the kingdom of despair
By half the breast emerged out of the ice;
And I may with a giant more compare
Than giants with those monstrous arms of his.
Consider now how huge must be the whole
Proportioned to the part of such a size...
O what a marvel smote me with amaze
When I beheld three faces on his head!...
He wept with six eyes, and the tears beneath
Over three chins with bloody slaver dropt.
At each mouth he was tearing with his teeth
A sinner, as is flax by heckle frayed;
Each of the three of them so suffereth.
The one in front naught of the biting made
Beside the clawing, which at whiles so wrought
That on the back the skin remained all flayed.
'That soul up there to the worst penance brought
is Judas the Iscariot,' spoke my Lord.
'His head within, he plies his legs without.
Of the other two, hanging with head downward,
Brutus it is whom the black mouth doth maul.
See how he writhes and utters not a word!
Cassius the other who seems so large to sprawl."

Wonderful entry ;-). I love Dante's Inferno.

[ozmavul]

God, I really need to read that book. I've been meaning to, too.
(btw, i saw a comment on birls, your icon intrigued me XD but we have quite a few things of common interest, so I hope you don't mind if I add you...don't have to add back if I suck too much :B)