Chapter 3

           "Throughmethewayistothecitydolent;

           Throughmethewayistoeternaldole;

           Throughmethewayamongthepeoplelost.

           JusticeincitedmysublimeCreator;

           CreatedmedivineOmnipotence,

           ThehighestWisdomandtheprimalLove.

           Beforemetherewerenocreatedthings,

           Onlyeterne,andIeternallast.

           Allhopeabandon,yewhoenterin!"

           ThesewordsinsombrecolourIbeheld

           Writtenuponthesummitofagate;

           WhenceI:"Theirsenseis,Master,hardtome!"

           Andhetome,asoneexperienced:

           "Hereallsuspicionneedsmustbeabandoned,

           Allcowardicemustneedsbehereextinct.

           Wetotheplacehavecome,whereIhavetoldthee

           Thoushaltbeholdthepeopledolorous

           Whohaveforegonethegoodofintellect."