I found myself within a forest dark, for the straightfoward pathway had been lost. Ah me! How hard a thing is to say, what was this forest savage, rough, and stern, which in the very thought renews the fear. So bitter is it, death is little more.
Dante Alighierie quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle" ("and thence we came forth to see again the stars")
Dante Alighieri