The Hymn He Gurgled In His Throat:
Tristi fummo
with to: refer, leave to another’s judgment
obsolete: offer, render, give; yield with courtesy:
“he defers to the opinion of...”
“To you, O great one, I defer all things—
My life, my livelihood, my daily living
And all that is given to me, I bring
To your altar in humble oblation.”
sacrifice, worldly obligation
“This is the hymn they gurgle in their throats
but cannot sing in words that truly sound.”
Dante’s fifth circle in Upper Hell
in the River Styx
“tristi” or “sluggish”
“acedia” or “sloth”
one of the seven capital sins
Go to the ant, thou sluggard —Proverbs 6:6
Adams: sloth, sleep and littleness —> rage like a lion
Chaucer: May will have no sluggard
Churchill: No room for the sluggard
The voice of the sluggard: you have waked me too soon.
Tristan lived at the bottom of the see...
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