Purgatorio, XXXAND LO! A VOICE—“COME, SPOUSE FROM LEBANON,”AS THOUGH FROM HEAVENLY MESSENGER .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .“O BLESSED THOU WHO COMEST,” THEY ALL CRIED;“SCATTER WE LILIES WITH UNSPARING HAND”;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E’EN SO, ENCOMPASSED IN A CLOUD OF FLOWERS,WHICH UPWARD BY ANGELIC HANDS WERE FLUNG,AND ALL ABOUT THE CHARIOT FELL IN SHOWERS—IN VEIL OF WHITE, WITH OLIVE CHAPLET BOUND,A MAID APPEARED BENEATH A MANTLE GREEN,WITH HUE OF LIVING FLAME ENROBED AROUND.AND NOW MY SPIRIT (WHICH FOR MANY A DAY,UNUSED TO FEEL HER PRESENCE) ...FELT, THOUGH SHE WAS NOT FULLY MANIFEST, ...HOW STRONG THE LOVE THAT ERST MY SOUL POSSESSED.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .“YES, I AM BEATRICE; REGARD ME WELL:—AND HAS THOUGH DEIGNED AT LAST TO ASCEND THE MOUNT,WHERE JOYS UNSPEAKABLE FOREVER DWELL?”
Purgatorio, XXX
AND LO! A VOICE—“COME, SPOUSE FROM LEBANON,”AS THOUGH FROM HEAVENLY MESSENGER .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .“O BLESSED THOU WHO COMEST,” THEY ALL CRIED;“SCATTER WE LILIES WITH UNSPARING HAND”;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E’EN SO, ENCOMPASSED IN A CLOUD OF FLOWERS,WHICH UPWARD BY ANGELIC HANDS WERE FLUNG,AND ALL ABOUT THE CHARIOT FELL IN SHOWERS—IN VEIL OF WHITE, WITH OLIVE CHAPLET BOUND,A MAID APPEARED BENEATH A MANTLE GREEN,WITH HUE OF LIVING FLAME ENROBED AROUND.AND NOW MY SPIRIT (WHICH FOR MANY A DAY,UNUSED TO FEEL HER PRESENCE) ...FELT, THOUGH SHE WAS NOT FULLY MANIFEST, ...HOW STRONG THE LOVE THAT ERST MY SOUL POSSESSED.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .“YES, I AM BEATRICE; REGARD ME WELL:—AND HAS THOUGH DEIGNED AT LAST TO ASCEND THE MOUNT,WHERE JOYS UNSPEAKABLE FOREVER DWELL?”
AND LO! A VOICE—“COME, SPOUSE FROM LEBANON,”AS THOUGH FROM HEAVENLY MESSENGER .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .“O BLESSED THOU WHO COMEST,” THEY ALL CRIED;“SCATTER WE LILIES WITH UNSPARING HAND”;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E’EN SO, ENCOMPASSED IN A CLOUD OF FLOWERS,WHICH UPWARD BY ANGELIC HANDS WERE FLUNG,AND ALL ABOUT THE CHARIOT FELL IN SHOWERS—IN VEIL OF WHITE, WITH OLIVE CHAPLET BOUND,A MAID APPEARED BENEATH A MANTLE GREEN,WITH HUE OF LIVING FLAME ENROBED AROUND.AND NOW MY SPIRIT (WHICH FOR MANY A DAY,UNUSED TO FEEL HER PRESENCE) ...FELT, THOUGH SHE WAS NOT FULLY MANIFEST, ...HOW STRONG THE LOVE THAT ERST MY SOUL POSSESSED.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .“YES, I AM BEATRICE; REGARD ME WELL:—AND HAS THOUGH DEIGNED AT LAST TO ASCEND THE MOUNT,WHERE JOYS UNSPEAKABLE FOREVER DWELL?”
AND LO! A VOICE—“COME, SPOUSE FROM LEBANON,”AS THOUGH FROM HEAVENLY MESSENGER .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .“O BLESSED THOU WHO COMEST,” THEY ALL CRIED;“SCATTER WE LILIES WITH UNSPARING HAND”;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .E’EN SO, ENCOMPASSED IN A CLOUD OF FLOWERS,WHICH UPWARD BY ANGELIC HANDS WERE FLUNG,AND ALL ABOUT THE CHARIOT FELL IN SHOWERS—IN VEIL OF WHITE, WITH OLIVE CHAPLET BOUND,A MAID APPEARED BENEATH A MANTLE GREEN,WITH HUE OF LIVING FLAME ENROBED AROUND.AND NOW MY SPIRIT (WHICH FOR MANY A DAY,UNUSED TO FEEL HER PRESENCE) ...FELT, THOUGH SHE WAS NOT FULLY MANIFEST, ...HOW STRONG THE LOVE THAT ERST MY SOUL POSSESSED.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .“YES, I AM BEATRICE; REGARD ME WELL:—AND HAS THOUGH DEIGNED AT LAST TO ASCEND THE MOUNT,WHERE JOYS UNSPEAKABLE FOREVER DWELL?”
AND LO! A VOICE—“COME, SPOUSE FROM LEBANON,”
AS THOUGH FROM HEAVENLY MESSENGER ...
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
“O BLESSED THOU WHO COMEST,” THEY ALL CRIED;
“SCATTER WE LILIES WITH UNSPARING HAND”;
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
E’EN SO, ENCOMPASSED IN A CLOUD OF FLOWERS,
WHICH UPWARD BY ANGELIC HANDS WERE FLUNG,
AND ALL ABOUT THE CHARIOT FELL IN SHOWERS—
IN VEIL OF WHITE, WITH OLIVE CHAPLET BOUND,
A MAID APPEARED BENEATH A MANTLE GREEN,
WITH HUE OF LIVING FLAME ENROBED AROUND.
AND NOW MY SPIRIT (WHICH FOR MANY A DAY,
UNUSED TO FEEL HER PRESENCE) ...
FELT, THOUGH SHE WAS NOT FULLY MANIFEST, ...
HOW STRONG THE LOVE THAT ERST MY SOUL POSSESSED.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
“YES, I AM BEATRICE; REGARD ME WELL:—
AND HAS THOUGH DEIGNED AT LAST TO ASCEND THE MOUNT,
WHERE JOYS UNSPEAKABLE FOREVER DWELL?”
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