All 3 Uses of
interpose
in
The Divine Comedy -- translated by Cary
- Because the circumambient air throughout With its first impulse circles still, unless Aught interpose to cheek or thwart its course; Upon the summit, which on every side To visitation of th' impassive air Is open, doth that motion strike, and makes Beneath its sway th' umbrageous wood resound: And in the shaken plant such power resides, That it impregnates with its efficacy The voyaging breeze, upon whose subtle plume That wafted flies abroad; and th' other land Receiving (as 't is…†
Canto 2.23-33
- ] The successor of Albert was Henry of Luxembourg, by whose interposition in the affairs of Italy our Poet hoped to have been reinstated in his native city. v. 101.†
Canto 2.N
- Shadow none, the vast Interposition of such numerous flight Cast, from above, upon the flower, or view Obstructed aught.†
Canto 3.23-33 *
Definition:
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(interpose) to insert between other elements; or to interrupt or stop action by others