Henry Francis Cary

Henry Francis Cary (6 December 1772 – 14 August 1844) was a British cleric and author-translator, best known for his blank verse translation of The Divine Comedy of Dante.

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  • The gaudy minstrel of the morn.
    • Sonnets and Odes (1788), sonnet 1
  • All hope abandon, ye who enter here.
    • Translating Dante, Inferno, canto 3 (London, 1805–6)
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