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So in Paradiso , XXVI 139:⁠—

“The mount that rises highest o’er the sea.”

“The mount that rises highest o’er the sea.”

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The tomb of Virgil is on the promontory of Pausilippo, overlooking the Bay of Naples. The inscription upon it is:⁠—

Mantua me genuit: Calabri rapuere: tenet nunc

Parthenope: cecini pascua, rura, duces.

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