The Vision, or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri . e, as is the halo from the light 2o Which paints it, when most dense the vapour spreads; There wheeled about the point a circle of fire. More rapid than the motion which surrounds. Speediest, the world. Another this enringed; And that a third ; the third a fourth, and that A fifth encompassed ; which a sixth next bound; And over this, a seventh, following, reached Circumference so ample, that its bow, Within the span of Junos messenger. Canto xxviii] PARADISE 337 Had scarce been held entire. Beyond the seventh, 30 Ensued yet oth
The Vision, or Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise of Dante Alighieri . e, as is the halo from the light 2o Which paints it, when most dense the vapour spreads; There wheeled about the point a circle of fire. More rapid than the motion which surrounds. Speediest, the world. Another this enringed; And that a third ; the third a fourth, and that A fifth encompassed ; which a sixth next bound; And over this, a seventh, following, reached Circumference so ample, that its bow, Within the span of Junos messenger. Canto xxviii] PARADISE 337 Had scarce been held entire. Beyond the seventh, 30 Ensued yet other two. And every one, As more in number distant from the first, Was tardier in motion : and that glowed With flame most pure, that to the sparkle of truth, Was nearest; as partaking most, methinks, Of its reality. The guide beloved Saw me in anxious thought suspense, and spake: * Heaven, and all nature, hangs upon that point. The circle thereto most conjoined observe; And know, that by intenser love its course 4° Is, to this swiftness, winged. To whom I thus:. * It were enough ; nor should I further seek,Had I but witnessed order, in the worldAppointed, such as in these wheels is in the sensible world such difference is,That in each round shows more divinity,As each is wider from the centre. Hence,If in this wondrous and angelic hath, for confine, only light and wish may have completion, I must knowWherefore such disagreement is betweenThe exemplar and its copy: for myself,Contemplating, I fail to pierce the cause. It is no marvel, if thy fingers foiledDo leave the knot untied: so hard tis grown 50 338 THE VISION OF DANTE [Canto xxvni For want of tenting. Thus she said : But take, She added, if thou wish thy cure, my words. And entertain them subtly. Every orb, Corporeal, doth proportion its extent Unto the virtue through its parts diffused. 60 The greater blessedness preserves the more. The greater is the body (if all parts Share equally) the mor
Size: 1864px × 1341px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookauthordantealighieri1265132, bookcentury1900, bookdecade1910
