There is a place in Hell called Malebolge,
  Wholly of stone and of an iron colour,
  As is the circle that around it turns.

Right in the middle of the field malign
  There yawns a well exceeding wide and deep,
  Of which its place the structure will recount.

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Having completed their journey through the Inferno, Dante and his guide Virgil emerge into the earthly night and behold the stars above them.