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Virgil

“The gates of hell are open night and day;
Smooth the descent, and easy is the way:
But to return, and view the cheerful skies,
In this the task and mighty labor lies.”

Virgil, The Aeneid
tags: hell, poetry
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The Aeneid The Aeneid by Virgil
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