Dante's Divine Comedy

“And thou, son, who to Earth must be restor’d by reason of thy mortal burden, hide nought that I hide not; tell it, word for word”

“And thou, son, who to Earth must be restor’d by reason of thy mortal burden, hide nought that I hide not; tell it, word for word”

“‘Look, look: behold the baron who on earth draws pilgrims to Galicia’ - thus, elate, my lady made me know that spirit’s worth”

“‘Look, look: behold the baron who on earth draws pilgrims to Galicia’ - thus, elate, my lady made me know that spirit’s worth”

“And those joyful spirits straightaway made themselves spheres on fixed poles, thereby flashing, revolved, with a comet’s fiery ray”

“And those joyful spirits straightaway made themselves spheres on fixed poles, thereby flashing, revolved, with a comet’s fiery ray”

“Thus on the circling music was impress’d its seal, and ‘Mary’ was the name that rung through heaven, by all the other lights confess’d”

“Thus on the circling music was impress’d its seal, and ‘Mary’ was the name that rung through heaven, by all the other lights confess’d”

“The rose which bore the incarnate Word is there: there are the lilies whose sweet odour gave men strength along the narrow way to fare”

“The rose which bore the incarnate Word is there: there are the lilies whose sweet odour gave men strength along the narrow way to fare”

“But by that most enlightened soul in heaven, that Seraph who God most pins his glance, to thy demand no answer could be given”

“But by that most enlightened soul in heaven, that Seraph who God most pins his glance, to thy demand no answer could be given”