All 12 Uses of
zeal
in
Dante's Inferno -- translated by Cary
- May it avail me that I long with zeal Have sought thy volume, and with love immense Have conn'd it o'er.†
Canto 1.1-11
- I felt redoubled zeal to serve thee.
Canto 1.1-11 *zeal = active interest and enthusiasm
- …labours with the wind, then to and fro Wagging the top, as a tongue uttering sounds, Threw out its voice, and spake: "When I escap'd From Circe, who beyond a circling year Had held me near Caieta, by her charms, Ere thus Aeneas yet had nam'd the shore, Nor fondness for my son, nor reverence Of my old father, nor return of love, That should have crown'd Penelope with joy, Could overcome in me the zeal I had T' explore the world, and search the ways of life, Man's evil and his virtue.†
Canto 1.23-22
- The whilst I liv'd, through eagerness of zeal†
Canto 1.N
- Their first affections; such in you, as zeal†
Canto 1.N
- Hearty zeal†
Canto 1.N
- Of wisdom, as thy zeal had treasur'd there?"†
Canto 1.N
- With warrantable zeal the hardihood†
Canto 1.N
- Their fame, which I with duteous zeal embalm.†
Canto 1.N
- That bare the lively pressure of my zeal,†
Canto 1.N
- The which this priest, in show of party-zeal,†
Canto 1.N
- But is done zealously and well?†
Canto 1.N
Definition:
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(zeal) active interest and enthusiasm