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     For by returning to my memory somewhat�察�And by a little sounding in 

these verses�察�More of thy victory shall be conceived� �

     I   think   the   keenness   of   the   living   ray   Which   I   endured   would   have 

bewildered me�察�If but mine eyes had been averted from it�察�

     And I remember that I was more bold On this account to bear�察�so that I 

joined My aspect with the Glory Infinite。 

     O grace abundant�察�by which I presumed To fix my sight upon the Light 

Eternal�察�So that the seeing I consumed therein� �

     I saw that in its depth far down is lying Bound up with love together in 

one volume�察�What through the universe in leaves is scattered�察�

     Substance�察�and accident�察�and their operations�察�All interfused together 

in such wise That what I speak of is one simple light。 

     The    universal    fashion    of   this  knot   Methinks      I  saw�察  �since   more 

abundantly In saying this I feel that I rejoice。 

     One moment is more lethargy to me�察�Than five and twenty centuries to 

the emprise That startled Neptune with the shade of Argo� �

     My     mind    in  this  wise   wholly    in  suspense�察   �Steadfast�察  �immovable�察�

attentive gazed�察�And evermore with gazing grew enkindled。 



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    In    presence    of  that   light  one   such   becomes�察    �That    to  withdraw 

therefrom for other prospect It is impossible he e'er consent�察�

    Because the good�察�which object is of will�察�Is gathered all in this�察�and 

out of it That is defective which is perfect there。 

     Shorter henceforward will my language fall Of what I yet remember�察�

than an infant's Who still his tongue doth moisten at the breast。 

    Not   because   more   than   one   unmingled   semblance   Was   in   the   living 

light on which I looked�察�For it is always what it was before�察�

    But    through    the  sight�察 �that  fortified  itself  In  me   by  looking�察   �one 

appearance only To me was ever changing as I changed。 

    Within the deep and luminous subsistence Of the High Light appeared 

to me three circles�察�Of threefold colour and of one dimension�察�

    And by the second seemed the first reflected As Iris is by Iris�察�and the 

third Seemed fire that equally from both is breathed。 

     O how all speech is feeble and falls short Of my conceit�察�and this to 

what I saw Is such�察�'tis not enough to call it little� �

     O Light Eterne�察�sole in thyself that dwellest�察�Sole knowest thyself�察�and�察�

known unto thyself And knowing�察�lovest and smilest on thyself� �

     That   circulation�察  �which   being   thus   conceived Appeared   in   thee   as   a 

reflected light�察�When somewhat contemplated by mine eyes�察�

    Within itself�察�of its own very colour Seemed to me painted with our 

effigy�察�Wherefore my sight was all absorbed therein。 

    As     the  geometrician�察    �who    endeavours     To   square   the   circle�察 �and 

discovers not�察�By taking thought�察�the principle he wants�察�Even such was I 

at   that  new   apparition�察  �I  wished    to  see  how    the  image   to  the  circle 

Conformed itself�察�and how it there finds place�察�

    But my own wings were not enough for this�察�Had it not been that then 

my mind there smote A flash of lightning�察�wherein came its wish。 

    Here vigour failed the lofty fantasy�此  �But now was turning my  desire 

and will�察�Even as a wheel that equally is moved�察�

     The Love which moves the sun and the other stars。 



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                                    APPENDIX 



        SIX    SONNETS         ON     DANTE'S        DIVINE       COMEDY          BY    HENRY 

WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW ��1807´1882�� 

        I 

     Oft have I seen at some cathedral door A laborer�察�pausing in the dust 

and   heat�察  �Lay   down   his   burden�察  �and   with   reverent   feet   Enter�察  �and   cross 

himself�察�and on the floor Kneel to repeat his paternoster o'er�察�Far off the 

noises of the world retreat�察�The loud vociferations of the street Become an 

undistinguishable roar。 So�察�as I enter here from day to day�察�And leave my 

burden at this minster gate�察�Kneeling in prayer�察�and not ashamed to pray�察�

The   tumult   of   the   time   disconsolate   To   inarticulate   murmurs   dies   away�察�

While the eternal ages watch and wait。 

        II 

     How   strange   the   sculptures   that   adorn   these   towers�   �This   crowd   of 

statues�察  �in   whose   folded   sleeves   Birds   build   their   nests�察  �while   canopied 

with   leaves   Parvis   and   portal   bloom   like   trellised   bowers�察�And   the   vast 

minster seems a cross of flowers� �But fiends and dragons on the gargoyled 

eaves Watch the dead Christ between the living thieves�察�And�察�underneath�察�

the traitor Judas lowers� �Ah� �from what agonies of heart and brain�察�What 

exultations trampling on despair�察�What tenderness�察�what tears�察�what hate 

of wrong�察�What passionate outcry of a soul in pain�察�Uprose this poem of 

the earth and air�察�This mediaeval miracle of song� �

        III 

     I enter�察�and I see thee in the gloom Of the long aisles�察�O poet saturnine� �

And strive to make my steps keep pace with thine。 The air is filled with 

some   unknown   perfume�察  �The   congregation   of   the   dead   make   room   For 

thee   to   pass�察  �the   votive   tapers   shine�察  �Like   rooks   that   haunt   Ravenna's 

groves   of   pine�察  �The   hovering   echoes   fly   from   tomb   to   tomb。   From   the 

confessionals        I   hear    arise    Rehearsals      of    forgotten     tragedies�察    �And 

lamentations from the crypts below And then a voice celestial that begins 

With the pathetic words�察 �Although your sins As scarlet be�察─�and ends with 

;as the snow。; 

        IV 



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     With   snow´white   veil�察  �and   garments   as   of   flame�察  �She   stands   before 

thee�察 �who   so   long   ago   Filled   thy  young   heart   with   passion   and   the   woe 

From   which   thy   song   in   all   its   splendors   came�察  �And   while   with   stern 

rebuke she speaks thy name�察�The ice about thy heart melts as the snow On 

mountain heights�察�and in swift overflow Comes gushing from thy lips in 

sobs of shame。 Thou makest full confession�察�and a gleam As of the dawn 

on some dark forest cast�察�Seems on thy lifted forehead to increase�察�Lethe 

and Eunoethe remembered dream And the forgotten sorrowbring at last 

That perfect pardon which is perfect peace。 

       V 

     I Lift mine eyes�察�and all the windows blaze With forms of saints and 

holy men who died�察�Here martyred and hereafter glorified�察�And the great 

Rose upon its leaves displays Christ's Triumph�察�and the angelic roundelays�察�

With   splendor   upon   splendor   multiplied�察  �And   Beatrice   again   at   Dante's 

side No more rebukes�察�but smiles her words of praise。 And then the organ 

sounds�察�and unseen choirs Sing the old Latin hymns of peace and love And 

benedictions of the Holy Ghost�察�And the melodious bells among the spires 

O'er all the house´tops and through heaven above Proclaim the elevation 

of the Host� �

       VI 

     O    star  of  morning     and   of  liberty�   �O   bringer   of  the   light�察 �whose 

splendor shines Above the darkness of the Apennines�察�Forerunner of the 

day   that   is   to   be�   �The   voices   of   the   city   and   the   sea�察  �The   voices   of   the 

mountains      and   the   pines�察 �Repeat    thy   song�察  �till  the  familiar   lines  Are 

footpaths for the thought of Italy� �Thy fame is blown abroad from all the 

heights�察  �Through   all   the   nations�察  �and   a   sound   is   heard�察�As   of   a   mighty 

wind�察�and men devout�察�Strangers of Rome�察�and the new proselytes�察�In their 

own language hear thy wondrous word�察�And many are amazed and many 

doubt。 



       POSTSCRIPT 

       'Ich  habe    unter   meinen    Papieren    ein   Blatt  gefunden�察    �wo   ich   die 

Baukunst   eine   erstarrte   Musik   nenne。'   ��Johann   Wolfgang   Goethe�察  �1829 

March 23�� 



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     I found Dante in a bar。 The Poet had indeed lost the True Way to be 

found reduced to party chatter in a Capitol Hill basement�察�but I had found 

him at last。 I must have been drinking in the Dark Tavern of Error�察�for I 

did not even realize I had begun the dolorous path followed by many since 

the   Poet's   journey   of   A。D。   1300。   Actually   no   one   spoke   a   word   about 

Dante   or   his   Divine   Comedy�察  �rather   I   heard   a   second´hand   Goethe   call 

architecture ;frozen music。; Soon I took my second step through the gate 

to a people lost�察�this time on a more respectable occasiona lecture at the 

Catholic University of America。 Clio�察�the muse of history�察�must have been 

aiding Prof。 Schumacher that evening�察�because it sustained my full three´ 

hour attention�察�even after I had just presented an all´night project。 There I 

heard of a most astonishing Italian translation of 'la Divina Commedia' di 

Dante Alighieri。 An Italian architect�察�Giuseppi Terragni�察�had translated the 

Comedy into the 'Danteum��' a projected stone and glass monument to Poet 

and Poem near the Basilica of Maxentius in Rome。 

     Do not look for the Danteum in the Eternal City。 In true Dantean form�察�

politics    stood   in   the  way    of   its  construction    in   1938。   Ironically    this 

literature´inspired building can itself most easily be found in book form。 

Reading this book I remembered Goethe's quote about frozen music。 Did 

Terragni try to freeze Dante's medieval miracle of song�拭�Certainly a cold´ 

poem see

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