But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell,
And there hath been thy bane.

But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell,
And there hath been thy bane.

But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests
are in the depths of hell.

But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests
are in the depths of hell.

The vague and tenuous hope that God is too kind to punish the ungodly has become a deadly opiate for read more

The vague and tenuous hope that God is too kind to punish the ungodly has become a deadly opiate for the consciences of millions.

Hell is a half-filled auditorium.

Hell is a half-filled auditorium.

Nor ear can hear nor tongue can tell
The tortures of that inward hell!

Nor ear can hear nor tongue can tell
The tortures of that inward hell!

There is in hell a place stone-built throughout,
Called Malebolge, of an iron hue,
Like to the read more

There is in hell a place stone-built throughout,
Called Malebolge, of an iron hue,
Like to the wall that circles it about.

Each of us bears his own Hell

Each of us bears his own Hell

We spirits have just such natures
We had for all the world, when human creatures;
And, therefore, read more

We spirits have just such natures
We had for all the world, when human creatures;
And, therefore, I, that was an actress here,
Play all my tricks in hell, a goblin there.

From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world.
[Lat., Undique ad inferos tantundem viae est.]

From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world.
[Lat., Undique ad inferos tantundem viae est.]