“Up to my throat she in the stream had drawn me,
And, dragging me behind her, she was moving, Upon the water lightly as a shuttle.

When I was near unto the blessed shore, “Asperges me”, I heard so sweetly sung, Remember it I cannot, much less write it.

The beautiful lady opened wide her arms, Embraced my head and plunged me underneath, Where I was forced to swallow of the water.” (cantos 31)

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