Alighieri, Dante

Damnation regions;

Souls, eternal punishments;

Deserved for their sins?

Nine levels of Hell,

Descending conically

Into Earth’s bowels…

The first is Limbo,

The last, Lucifer’s abode,

Then Purgatory…

Guided by Beatrice,

Paradisio he discerned;

‘Qui manco possa’!