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Within that heaven which most his light receives Was I , and things beheld which
to repeat Nor knows , nor can , who from above descends ; Because in drawing
near to its desire Our intellect ingulphs itself so far , That after it the memory ...
Within that heaven which most his light receives Was I , and things beheld which
to repeat Nor knows , nor can , who from above descends ; Because in drawing
near to its desire Our intellect ingulphs itself so far , That after it the memory ...
Page 11
If I was body and we here conceive not How one dimension tolerates another ,
Which needs must be if body enter body ) , More the desire should be enkindled
in us That essence to behold , wherein is seen How God and our own nature
were ...
If I was body and we here conceive not How one dimension tolerates another ,
Which needs must be if body enter body ) , More the desire should be enkindled
in us That essence to behold , wherein is seen How God and our own nature
were ...
Page 16
Whereat she promptly and with laughing eyes : “ Our charity doth never shut the
doors Against a just desire , except as she Who wills that all her court be like
herself . I was a virgin sister in the world ; And if thy mind doth contemplate me
well ...
Whereat she promptly and with laughing eyes : “ Our charity doth never shut the
doors Against a just desire , except as she Who wills that all her court be like
herself . I was a virgin sister in the world ; And if thy mind doth contemplate me
well ...
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My sight , that followed her as long a time As it was possible , when it had lost her
Turned round unto the mark of more desire , And wholly unto Beatrice reverted ;
But she such lightnings Aashed into mine eyes , That at the first my sight ...
My sight , that followed her as long a time As it was possible , when it had lost her
Turned round unto the mark of more desire , And wholly unto Beatrice reverted ;
But she such lightnings Aashed into mine eyes , That at the first my sight ...
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I held my peace ; but my desire was painted Upon my face , and questioning with
that More fervent far than by articulate speech . Beatrice did as Daniel had done
Relieving Nebuchadnezzar from the wrath Which rendered him unjustly ...
I held my peace ; but my desire was painted Upon my face , and questioning with
that More fervent far than by articulate speech . Beatrice did as Daniel had done
Relieving Nebuchadnezzar from the wrath Which rendered him unjustly ...
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| Title | The Divine Comedy, Volume 11 Volumes 9-11 of Longfellow, H.W. Complete writings The Divine Comedy, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| Author | Dante Alighieri |
| Translated by | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow |
| Publisher | Charles Scribner's Sons, 1904 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 24 Jan 2019 |
| Length | 305 pages |
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