Dante attained the purgatorial hill,
Trembled at hidden virtue without flaw,
Shook with a mighty power beyond his will, -
Did Beatrice deny what Dante saw?
All lovers live by longing, and endure:
Summon a vision and declare it pure. (Theodore Roethke)

Dante attained the purgatorial hill, Trembled at hidden virtue without flaw, Shook with a mighty power beyond his will, - Did Beatrice deny what Dante saw? All lovers live by longing, and endure: Summon a vision and declare it pure.

Theodore Roethke

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