The Project Gutenberg eBook of Dante's Divine Comedy, by Dante Alighieri
I could not take a step without hazard of falling to the bottom of the precipice. The path, leading to the summit, was short, but rugged and intricate. Even star-light was excluded by the umbrage, and not the faintest gleam was afforded to guide my steps.
Charles Brockden Brown • Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale
The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say.
J.R.R. Tolkien • The Fellowship of the Ring
The Divine Comedy (Translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with an Introduction by Henry Francis Cary)
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Say to my soul, “Rise up my love, my fair one, and come away.” Then give me grace to rise and follow Thee up from this misty lowland where I have wandered so long.