ItishardlynecessarytospendmuchtimeinprovingthatMr。
Longfellow’sversionisfarsuperiortoMr。Cary’s。Itisusuallyeasyandflowing，andsaveintheoccasionaluseofviolentinversions，alwaysdignified。Sometimes，asintheepisodeofUgolino，itevenrisestosomethinglikethegrandeuroftheoriginal:
“Whenhehadsaidthis，withhiseyesdistorted，Thewretchedskullresumedhewithhisteeth，Which，asadog’s，uponthebonewerestrong。“
“Quand’ebbedettocio，eongliocchitortiRipreseilteschiomiserocoidenti，Chefuroall’osso，comed’uncan，forti。“
Thatisinthegrandstyle，andsoisthefollowing，whichdescribesthosesinnerslockedinthefrozenlakebelowMalebolge:——