Translated by Henry Francis Cary
Selections from “The Divine Comedy”
Paradise: Canto XIV.
AND lo! forthwith there rose up round about
A lustre, over that already there;
Of equal clearness, like the brightening up
Of the horizon. As at evening hour
Of twilight, new appearances through heaven
Peer with faint glimmer, doubtfully...
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See the chariot at hand here of Love!
Wherein my lady rideth!
Each that draws is a swan, or a dove,
And well the car Love guideth.
As she goes, all hearts do duty
Unto her beauty.
And, enamored, do wish, so they might
But enjoy such a sight,
That they still were to run by her side
Through swords... -
Triumph — may be of several kinds —
There's Triumph in the Room
When that Old Imperator — Death —
By Faith