Dante's Divine Comedy

Prayer of Saint Bernard

“Pray thee instantly - oh, spurn not my desire - by means of thy own prayers to chase away all clouds of his mortality”

Prayer of Saint Bernard

“Pray thee instantly - oh, spurn not my desire - by means of thy own prayers to chase away all clouds of his mortality”

Preparation of the Last Prayer

“Since he it is who did the palm convey to Mary, when the Son of God most high vouchsafed to assume the burden of our clay”

Preparation of the Last Prayer

“Since he it is who did the palm convey to Mary, when the Son of God most high vouchsafed to assume the burden of our clay”

The Archangel Gabriel

“Angels on the wing I saw in thousands round it dance and play, each one in glory and function differing

The Archangel Gabriel

“Angels on the wing I saw in thousands round it dance and play, each one in glory and function differing

At the Empyrean

“With act and voice of guide whose task is done, resumed: ‘We’ve left the largest body, and move now in the heaven composed of light alone”

At the Empyrean

“With act and voice of guide whose task is done, resumed: ‘We’ve left the largest body, and move now in the heaven composed of light alone”

The Creation of Angels

“But now, as poet, I must needs give o’er pursuit that every artist knows is vain, when, having done his best, he can do no more”

The Creation of Angels

“But now, as poet, I must needs give o’er pursuit that every artist knows is vain, when, having done his best, he can do no more”

The March Toward God

“Thus, by enlightening grace and by their own desert their vision was uplifted so, that will in them is full and steadfast grown”

The March Toward God

“Thus, by enlightening grace and by their own desert their vision was uplifted so, that will in them is full and steadfast grown”