Chapter 31

Paradiso, IITHE CEASELESS INNATE THIRSTING OF THE SOULBORE US TO GOD’S OWN DWELLING .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I LOOKED ON BEATRICE—AND SHE ON HEAVEN;“AS TO THE HAMMER FROM THE ARTIST’S BLOW,SO, THAT SAME HEAVEN WITH STARS RESPLENDENT DIGHTRECEIVES ITS IMPRESS FROM THE MIND PROFOUNDTHAT ROLLS IT EVER THROUGH THE FIELDS OF LIGHT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .THUS DOTH INTELLIGENCE WITH GOODNESS FILLTHE ORBS OF HEAVEN; THOUGH MULTIPLIED, THE SAME;ON ITS OWN UNITY REVOLVING STILL.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SHINES THROUGH EACH ORB THE INFLUENCE DIVERSELY,SWAYED BY THE JOYOUS NATURE WHENCE IT STREAMS,LIKE GLADNESS THROUGH THE PUPIL OF THE EYE.HENCE IS DERIVED THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE MARK’TWIXT STAR AND STAR ...”

Paradiso, II

THE CEASELESS INNATE THIRSTING OF THE SOULBORE US TO GOD’S OWN DWELLING .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I LOOKED ON BEATRICE—AND SHE ON HEAVEN;“AS TO THE HAMMER FROM THE ARTIST’S BLOW,SO, THAT SAME HEAVEN WITH STARS RESPLENDENT DIGHTRECEIVES ITS IMPRESS FROM THE MIND PROFOUNDTHAT ROLLS IT EVER THROUGH THE FIELDS OF LIGHT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .THUS DOTH INTELLIGENCE WITH GOODNESS FILLTHE ORBS OF HEAVEN; THOUGH MULTIPLIED, THE SAME;ON ITS OWN UNITY REVOLVING STILL.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SHINES THROUGH EACH ORB THE INFLUENCE DIVERSELY,SWAYED BY THE JOYOUS NATURE WHENCE IT STREAMS,LIKE GLADNESS THROUGH THE PUPIL OF THE EYE.HENCE IS DERIVED THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE MARK’TWIXT STAR AND STAR ...”

THE CEASELESS INNATE THIRSTING OF THE SOULBORE US TO GOD’S OWN DWELLING .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I LOOKED ON BEATRICE—AND SHE ON HEAVEN;“AS TO THE HAMMER FROM THE ARTIST’S BLOW,SO, THAT SAME HEAVEN WITH STARS RESPLENDENT DIGHTRECEIVES ITS IMPRESS FROM THE MIND PROFOUNDTHAT ROLLS IT EVER THROUGH THE FIELDS OF LIGHT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .THUS DOTH INTELLIGENCE WITH GOODNESS FILLTHE ORBS OF HEAVEN; THOUGH MULTIPLIED, THE SAME;ON ITS OWN UNITY REVOLVING STILL.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SHINES THROUGH EACH ORB THE INFLUENCE DIVERSELY,SWAYED BY THE JOYOUS NATURE WHENCE IT STREAMS,LIKE GLADNESS THROUGH THE PUPIL OF THE EYE.HENCE IS DERIVED THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE MARK’TWIXT STAR AND STAR ...”

THE CEASELESS INNATE THIRSTING OF THE SOULBORE US TO GOD’S OWN DWELLING .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I LOOKED ON BEATRICE—AND SHE ON HEAVEN;“AS TO THE HAMMER FROM THE ARTIST’S BLOW,SO, THAT SAME HEAVEN WITH STARS RESPLENDENT DIGHTRECEIVES ITS IMPRESS FROM THE MIND PROFOUNDTHAT ROLLS IT EVER THROUGH THE FIELDS OF LIGHT.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .THUS DOTH INTELLIGENCE WITH GOODNESS FILLTHE ORBS OF HEAVEN; THOUGH MULTIPLIED, THE SAME;ON ITS OWN UNITY REVOLVING STILL.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .SHINES THROUGH EACH ORB THE INFLUENCE DIVERSELY,SWAYED BY THE JOYOUS NATURE WHENCE IT STREAMS,LIKE GLADNESS THROUGH THE PUPIL OF THE EYE.HENCE IS DERIVED THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE MARK’TWIXT STAR AND STAR ...”

THE CEASELESS INNATE THIRSTING OF THE SOUL

BORE US TO GOD’S OWN DWELLING ...

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

I LOOKED ON BEATRICE—AND SHE ON HEAVEN;

“AS TO THE HAMMER FROM THE ARTIST’S BLOW,

SO, THAT SAME HEAVEN WITH STARS RESPLENDENT DIGHT

RECEIVES ITS IMPRESS FROM THE MIND PROFOUND

THAT ROLLS IT EVER THROUGH THE FIELDS OF LIGHT.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

THUS DOTH INTELLIGENCE WITH GOODNESS FILL

THE ORBS OF HEAVEN; THOUGH MULTIPLIED, THE SAME;

ON ITS OWN UNITY REVOLVING STILL.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SHINES THROUGH EACH ORB THE INFLUENCE DIVERSELY,

SWAYED BY THE JOYOUS NATURE WHENCE IT STREAMS,

LIKE GLADNESS THROUGH THE PUPIL OF THE EYE.

HENCE IS DERIVED THE DIFFERENCE THAT WE MARK

’TWIXT STAR AND STAR ...”

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