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attentive been�察�If thou recall to mind what I have said�察�
In part contented shall thy wishes be�察�For thou shalt see the plant that's
chipped away�察�And the rebuke that lieth in the words�察�
'Where well one fattens�察�if he strayeth not。';
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Paradiso�此�Canto XII
Soon as the blessed flame had taken up The final word to give it
utterance�察�Began the holy millstone to revolve�察�
And in its gyre had not turned wholly round�察�Before another in a ring
enclosed it�察�And motion joined to motion�察�song to song�察�
Song that as greatly doth transcend our Muses�察 �Our Sirens�察 �in those
dulcet clarions�察�As primal splendour that which is reflected。
And as are spanned athwart a tender cloud Two rainbows parallel and
like in colour�察�When Juno to her handmaid gives command�察�
��The one without born of the one within�察�Like to the speaking of that
vagrant one Whom love consumed as doth the sun the vapours�撮�
And make the people here�察 �through covenant God set with Noah�察�
presageful of the world That shall no more be covered with a flood�察�
In such wise of those sempiternal roses The garlands twain
encompassed us about�察�And thus the outer to the inner answered。
After the dance�察�and other grand rejoicings�察�Both of the singing�察�and
the flaming forth Effulgence with effulgence blithe and tender�察�
Together�察�at once�察�with one accord had stopped�察。�Even as the eyes�察�that�察�
as volition moves them�察�Must needs together shut and lift themselves�撮�
Out of the heart of one of the new lights There came a voice�察 �that
needle to the star Made me appear in turning thitherward。
And it began�此 �The love that makes me fair Draws me to speak about
the other leader�察�By whom so well is spoken here of mine。
'Tis right�察�where one is�察�to bring in the other�察�That�察�as they were united
in their warfare�察�Together likewise may their glory shine。
The soldiery of Christ�察�which it had cost So dear to arm again�察�behind
the standard Moved slow and doubtful and in numbers few�察�
When the Emperor who reigneth evermore Provided for the host that
was in peril�察�Through grace alone and not that it was worthy�察�
And�察 �as was said�察 �he to his Bride brought succour With champions
twain�察�at whose deed�察�at whose word The straggling people were together
drawn。
Within that region where the sweet west wind Rises to open the new
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leaves�察�wherewith Europe is seen to clothe herself afresh�察�
Not far off from the beating of the waves�察�Behind which in his long
career the sun Sometimes conceals himself from every man�察�
Is situate the fortunate Calahorra�察 �Under protection of the mighty
shield In which the Lion subject is and sovereign。
Therein was born the amorous paramour Of Christian Faith�察�the athlete
consecrate�察�Kind to his own and cruel to his foes�察�
And when it was created was his mind Replete with such a living
energy�察�That in his mother her it made prophetic。
As soon as the espousals were complete Between him and the Faith at
holy font�察�Where they with mutual safety dowered each other�察�
The woman�察 �who for him had given assent�察 �Saw in a dream the
admirable fruit That issue would from him and from his heirs�察�
And that he might be construed as he was�察�A spirit from this place
went forth to name him With His possessive whose he wholly was。
Dominic was he called�察�and him I speak of Even as of the husbandman
whom Christ Elected to his garden to assist him。
Envoy and servant sooth he seemed of Christ�察�For the first love made
manifest in him Was the first counsel that was given by Christ。
Silent and wakeful many a time was he Discovered by his nurse upon
the ground�察�As if he would have said�察�'For this I came。'
O thou his father�察�Felix verily� �O thou his mother�察�verily Joanna�察�If this�察�
interpreted�察�means as is said� �
Not for the world which people toil for now In following Ostiense and
Taddeo�察�But through his longing after the true manna�察�
He in short time became so great a teacher�察�That he began to go about
the vineyard�察�Which fadeth soon�察�if faithless be the dresser�察�
And of the See�察 。�that once was more benignant Unto the righteous
poor�察�not through itself�察�But him who sits there and degenerates�撮�
Not to dispense or two or three for six�察 �Not any fortune of first
vacancy�察�'Non decimas quae sunt pauperum Dei��'
He asked for�察�but against the errant world Permission to do battle for
the seed�察�Of which these four and twenty plants surround thee。
Then with the doctrine and the will together�察�With office apostolical he
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moved�察�Like torrent which some lofty vein out´presses�察�
And in among the shoots heretical His impetus with greater fury smote�察�
Wherever the resistance was the greatest。
Of him were made thereafter divers runnels�察 �Whereby the garden
catholic is watered�察�So that more living its plantations stand。
If such the one wheel of the Biga was�察�In which the Holy Church itself
defended And in the field its civic battle won�察�
Truly full manifest should be to thee The excellence of the other�察�unto
whom Thomas so courteous was before my coming。
But still the orbit�察�which the highest part Of its circumference made�察�is
derelict�察�So that the mould is where was once the crust。
His family�察 �that had straight forward moved With feet upon his
footprints�察�are turned round So that they set the point upon the heel。
And soon aware they will be of the harvest Of this bad husbandry�察�
when shall the tares Complain the granary is taken from them。
Yet say I�察�he who searcheth leaf by leaf Our volume through�察�would
still some page discover Where he could read�察�'I am as I am wont。'
'Twill not be from Casal nor Acquasparta�察 �From whence come such
unto the written word That one avoids it�察�and the other narrows。
Bonaventura of Bagnoregio's life Am I�察 �who always in great offices
Postponed considerations sinister。
Here are Illuminato and Agostino�察�Who of the first barefooted beggars
were That with the cord the friends of God became。 Hugh of Saint Victor
is among them here�察�And Peter Mangiador�察�and Peter of Spain�察�Who down
below in volumes twelve is shining�察�
Nathan the seer�察 �and metropolitan Chrysostom�察 �and Anselmus�察 �and
Donatus Who deigned to lay his hand to the first art�察�
Here is Rabanus�察 �and beside me here Shines the Calabrian Abbot
Joachim�察�He with the spirit of prophecy endowed。
To celebrate so great a paladin Have moved me the impassioned
courtesy And the discreet discourses of Friar Thomas�察�
And with me they have moved this company。;
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Paradiso�此�Canto XIII
Let him imagine�察�who would well conceive What now I saw�察�and let
him while I speak Retain the image as a steadfast rock�察�
The fifteen stars�察 �that in their divers regions The sky enliven with a
light so great That it transcends all clusters of the air�察�
Let him the Wain imagine unto which Our vault of heaven sufficeth
night and day�察�So that in turning of its pole it fails not�察�
Let him the mouth imagine of the horn That in the point beginneth of
the axis Round about which the primal wheel revolves�察�
To have fashioned of themselves two signs in heaven�察�Like unto that
which Minos' daughter made�察 �The moment when she felt the frost of
death�察�
And one to have its rays within the other�察 �And both to whirl
themselves in such a manner That one should forward go�察 �the other
backward�察�
And he will have some shadowing forth of that True constellation and
the double dance That circled round the point at which I was�察�
Because it is as much beyond our wont�察�As swifter than the motion of
the Chiana Moveth the heaven that all the rest outspeeds。
There sang they neither Bacchus�察�nor Apollo�察�But in the divine nature
Persons three�察�And in one person the divine and human。
The singing and the dance fulfilled their measure�察�And unto us those
holy lights gave need�察�Growing in happiness from care to care。
Then broke the silence of those saints concordant The light in which
the admirable life Of God's own mendicant was told to me�察�
And said�此 �Now that one straw is trodden out Now that its seed is
garnered up already�察�Sweet love invites me to thresh out the other。
Into that bosom�察�thou believest�察�whence Was drawn the rib to form the
beauteous cheek Whose taste to all the world is costing dear�察�
And into that which�察�by the lance transfixed�察�Before and since�察 �such
satisfaction made That it weighs down the balance of all sin�察�
Whate'er of light it has to human nature Been lawful to possess was all
infused By the same power that both of them created�察�
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