Of my sowing such straw I reap. O human folk, why set the heart there where exclusion of partnership is necessary?

โ€” Purgatorio, xiv, 85โ€”87

WHERE do they come from? Those whom we so much dread,

As on our dearest location falls the chill

Of their crooked wing, and endangers

The melting friend, the aqueduct, the flower.

Terrible Presences that the ponds reflect

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