Ah, you’re regferring to Master Dante Alighieri, Master Barliman, methinks you had that “Divina Commedia” in mind … but keep in mind that when he wrote that he tried to pass on some of the ideas of Vergil … and, please do not forget the poem by Stevie Smith, called “Francesca in winter”.
… “Ah me, only
in Heaven’s permission
are creatures quiet
in their condition.”