Paradiso, XXI–XXIINOW ON THE FACE OF MY LOVED LADY WEREMY EYES AND MIND AGAIN INTENTLY STAYED: ...HER LOOK BORE NOT THE ACCUSTOMED SMILE DIVINE;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHE SAID: . . .“FOR SINCE MY BEAUTY, HIGHER AS WE RISETOWARDS THE ETERNAL PALACE, GLOWS MORE BRIGHTAT EVERY STEP, AS WITNESSED BY THINE EYES,—WERE NOT A VEIL BEFORE ITS RADIANCE CAST,THY MORTAL VISION, DAZZLED AT THE SIGHT,WOULD SHRINK AS LEAVES BEFORE THE LIGHTNING BLAST.”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . MY SOARING EYEBEHELD A STAIR OF GOLDEN COLOURS BRIGHT ...“O SPIRIT BLEST THAT DOST THY FORM CONCEALWITHIN THINE OWN DELIGHT, TO ME DISCLOSE ...WHY THE SWEET SYMPHONY OF PARADISEIN THIS HIGH SPHERE IS SILENT.” ...“MORTAL THY HEARING AS THY SIGHT,” SHE SAID;“AND THE SAME REASON NOW FORBIDS THE SONG,THAT LATE IN BEATRICE THE SMILE FORBADE.”
Paradiso, XXI–XXII
NOW ON THE FACE OF MY LOVED LADY WEREMY EYES AND MIND AGAIN INTENTLY STAYED: ...HER LOOK BORE NOT THE ACCUSTOMED SMILE DIVINE;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHE SAID: . . .“FOR SINCE MY BEAUTY, HIGHER AS WE RISETOWARDS THE ETERNAL PALACE, GLOWS MORE BRIGHTAT EVERY STEP, AS WITNESSED BY THINE EYES,—WERE NOT A VEIL BEFORE ITS RADIANCE CAST,THY MORTAL VISION, DAZZLED AT THE SIGHT,WOULD SHRINK AS LEAVES BEFORE THE LIGHTNING BLAST.”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . MY SOARING EYEBEHELD A STAIR OF GOLDEN COLOURS BRIGHT ...“O SPIRIT BLEST THAT DOST THY FORM CONCEALWITHIN THINE OWN DELIGHT, TO ME DISCLOSE ...WHY THE SWEET SYMPHONY OF PARADISEIN THIS HIGH SPHERE IS SILENT.” ...“MORTAL THY HEARING AS THY SIGHT,” SHE SAID;“AND THE SAME REASON NOW FORBIDS THE SONG,THAT LATE IN BEATRICE THE SMILE FORBADE.”
NOW ON THE FACE OF MY LOVED LADY WEREMY EYES AND MIND AGAIN INTENTLY STAYED: ...HER LOOK BORE NOT THE ACCUSTOMED SMILE DIVINE;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHE SAID: . . .“FOR SINCE MY BEAUTY, HIGHER AS WE RISETOWARDS THE ETERNAL PALACE, GLOWS MORE BRIGHTAT EVERY STEP, AS WITNESSED BY THINE EYES,—WERE NOT A VEIL BEFORE ITS RADIANCE CAST,THY MORTAL VISION, DAZZLED AT THE SIGHT,WOULD SHRINK AS LEAVES BEFORE THE LIGHTNING BLAST.”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . MY SOARING EYEBEHELD A STAIR OF GOLDEN COLOURS BRIGHT ...“O SPIRIT BLEST THAT DOST THY FORM CONCEALWITHIN THINE OWN DELIGHT, TO ME DISCLOSE ...WHY THE SWEET SYMPHONY OF PARADISEIN THIS HIGH SPHERE IS SILENT.” ...“MORTAL THY HEARING AS THY SIGHT,” SHE SAID;“AND THE SAME REASON NOW FORBIDS THE SONG,THAT LATE IN BEATRICE THE SMILE FORBADE.”
NOW ON THE FACE OF MY LOVED LADY WEREMY EYES AND MIND AGAIN INTENTLY STAYED: ...HER LOOK BORE NOT THE ACCUSTOMED SMILE DIVINE;. . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHE SAID: . . .“FOR SINCE MY BEAUTY, HIGHER AS WE RISETOWARDS THE ETERNAL PALACE, GLOWS MORE BRIGHTAT EVERY STEP, AS WITNESSED BY THINE EYES,—WERE NOT A VEIL BEFORE ITS RADIANCE CAST,THY MORTAL VISION, DAZZLED AT THE SIGHT,WOULD SHRINK AS LEAVES BEFORE THE LIGHTNING BLAST.”. . . . . . . . . . . . . . MY SOARING EYEBEHELD A STAIR OF GOLDEN COLOURS BRIGHT ...“O SPIRIT BLEST THAT DOST THY FORM CONCEALWITHIN THINE OWN DELIGHT, TO ME DISCLOSE ...WHY THE SWEET SYMPHONY OF PARADISEIN THIS HIGH SPHERE IS SILENT.” ...“MORTAL THY HEARING AS THY SIGHT,” SHE SAID;“AND THE SAME REASON NOW FORBIDS THE SONG,THAT LATE IN BEATRICE THE SMILE FORBADE.”
NOW ON THE FACE OF MY LOVED LADY WERE
MY EYES AND MIND AGAIN INTENTLY STAYED: ...
HER LOOK BORE NOT THE ACCUSTOMED SMILE DIVINE;
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . SHE SAID: . . .
“FOR SINCE MY BEAUTY, HIGHER AS WE RISE
TOWARDS THE ETERNAL PALACE, GLOWS MORE BRIGHT
AT EVERY STEP, AS WITNESSED BY THINE EYES,—
WERE NOT A VEIL BEFORE ITS RADIANCE CAST,
THY MORTAL VISION, DAZZLED AT THE SIGHT,
WOULD SHRINK AS LEAVES BEFORE THE LIGHTNING BLAST.”
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . MY SOARING EYE
BEHELD A STAIR OF GOLDEN COLOURS BRIGHT ...
“O SPIRIT BLEST THAT DOST THY FORM CONCEAL
WITHIN THINE OWN DELIGHT, TO ME DISCLOSE ...
WHY THE SWEET SYMPHONY OF PARADISE
IN THIS HIGH SPHERE IS SILENT.” ...
“MORTAL THY HEARING AS THY SIGHT,” SHE SAID;
“AND THE SAME REASON NOW FORBIDS THE SONG,
THAT LATE IN BEATRICE THE SMILE FORBADE.”
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