The Gates of Hell

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I am the gates of Hell

To me, you pass into a city of desolation

To me, you pass into a place of endless pain

To me, you pass into a company of lost souls

Once there was nothing that was created except eternal things

I am an eternal thing

Abandon all hope, all ye who enter here.

                                                     Dante Alighieri

                                                    14th-Century epic poem Divine Comedy