“Behold the grass, the flowerets, and the shrubs
Which of itself alone this land produces.”

— Dante Alighieri , book Purgatorio

Canto XXVII, lines 134–135 (tr. Longfellow).
The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–1321), Purgatorio

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Vedi l'erbette, i fiori e li arbuscelli che qui la terra sol da sé produce.

The Divine Comedy (c. 1308–1321), Purgatorio

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Italian poet 1265–1321

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