Translate passage from its original state into modern-day

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Question: The language used during the Medieval time period was very different than the language we use now. Over time, language changes due to a variety of factors.

The following passage is from Dante's Inferno by Dante. Translate the passage from its original state into modern-day English.

Then was a little respite to the fear,
That in my heart's recesses deep had lain,
All of that night, so pitifully pass'd:
And as a man, with difficult short breath,
Forespent with toiling, 'scap'd from sea to shore,
Turns to the perilous wide waste, and stands
At gaze; e'en so my spirit, that yet fail'd
Struggling with terror, turn'd to view the straits,
That none hath pass'd and liv'd. My weary frame
After short pause recomforted, again
I journey'd on over that lonely steep,

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