Canto XVII
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LONGFELLOW.—“His tail was wholly quivering in the void,Contorting upwards the envenomed forkThat in the guise of scorpion armed its point.”CARY.—“In the voidGlancing, his tail upturned its venomous fork,With sting like scorpions armed.”
PARSONS.—“In the void chasm his trembling tail he showed,As up the envenomed, forked point he swung, Which, as inscorpions, armed its tapering end.” 45
“Nel vano tutta sue coda guizzava,
Torcendo in su la venenosa forca,
Che, a guisa di scorpion, la punta armava.” ↩