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Page 7
Not long I bore it , nor so little while But I beheld it sparkle round about Like iron
that comes molten from the fire ; And suddenly it seemed that day to day Was
added , as if He who has the power Had with another sun the heaven adorned .
Not long I bore it , nor so little while But I beheld it sparkle round about Like iron
that comes molten from the fire ; And suddenly it seemed that day to day Was
added , as if He who has the power Had with another sun the heaven adorned .
Page 8
This bears away the fire towards the moon ; This is in mortal hearts the motive
power ; This binds together and unites the earth . Nor only the created things that
are Without intelligence this bow shoots forth , 105 IIO 115 Beatrice teaches
Dante ...
This bears away the fire towards the moon ; This is in mortal hearts the motive
power ; This binds together and unites the earth . Nor only the created things that
are Without intelligence this bow shoots forth , 105 IIO 115 Beatrice teaches
Dante ...
Page 9
Marvel it would be in thee , if deprived Of hindrance , thou wert seated down
below , As if on earth the living fire were quiet . " Thereat she heavenward turned
again her face . Line 138. From some high mount descending to the lowland .
Marvel it would be in thee , if deprived Of hindrance , thou wert seated down
below , As if on earth the living fire were quiet . " Thereat she heavenward turned
again her face . Line 138. From some high mount descending to the lowland .
Page 17
First with those other shades she smiled a little ; Thereafter answered me so full
of gladness , She seemed to burn in the first fire of love : “ Brother , our will is
quieted by virtue Of charity , that makes us wish alone For what we have , nor
gives ...
First with those other shades she smiled a little ; Thereafter answered me so full
of gladness , She seemed to burn in the first fire of love : “ Brother , our will is
quieted by virtue Of charity , that makes us wish alone For what we have , nor
gives ...
Page 22
If it be violence when he who suffers Coöperates not with him who uses force ,
These souls were not on that account excused ; 75 For will is never quenched
unless it will , But operates as nature doth in fire , If violence a thousand times
distort ...
If it be violence when he who suffers Coöperates not with him who uses force ,
These souls were not on that account excused ; 75 For will is never quenched
unless it will , But operates as nature doth in fire , If violence a thousand times
distort ...
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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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