Blew the Trunk
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Then blew the trunk amain, and afterward
The wind was into such a voice converted.
Description:
A human figure crawls on the ground, attacked by three dogs and surrounded by eerie, threatening creatures such as anthropomorphic trees and birds. This picture illustrates the following passage:
Then blew the trunk amain, and afterward
The wind was into such a voice converted:
“With brevity shall be replied to you.”
(Inferno, Canto XIII. Translation: Henry W. Longfellow.)
The caption reads in the original French: Le tronc souffla fortement et son souffle produisit ces paroles…
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