The Divine comedy of Dante Alighieri, translated by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowRiverside Press, 1886 |
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Æneid Angels Apulia Aristotle Beatrice beautiful behold Belisarius bien body Boethius Brunetto Latini Buti c'est Cacciaguida Cæsar call'd called Canto Celestial Charles Martel Christ Church circle Convito d'une Dante Dante's descended desire Divine Comédie dost doth earth Emperor eternal eyes fait faith father fire Florence Francis génie Ghibellines grace Guelfs hath heaven HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW holy Intelligence Jupiter Justinian king l'Enfer Lady light living Lord Mars Milton mind monastery monde monks Monte Cassino Moon mortal motion moyen âge nature noble Order Ottimo Ovid Paradise Peter philosophie planet poëme poésie poëte Pope Pope Boniface VIII Primum Mobile PURG qu'il Roman Rome round saint says seen the Spirits Sephira shalt siècle sight smile song soul speak sphere splendor sweet temps thee thine things Thomas Aquinas thou tion tout truth unto VIII Virgin virtue vision whence words xxxiii
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Page 364 - Isaac, (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of Him that calleth,) it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Page 322 - And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.
Page 182 - Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp you shall hear as many hearselike airs as carols. And the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Page 228 - I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.
Page 331 - The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. 10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee : for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
Page 298 - And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.
Page 154 - I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell ; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) how that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
Page 264 - The glories of our blood and state Are shadows, not substantial things ; There is no armour against fate ; Death lays his icy hand on kings : Sceptre and crown Must tumble down, And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade. Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still : Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath When they, pale captives,...
Page 264 - Oblivion is not to be hired; the greater part must be content to be as though they had not been; to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man.
Page 244 - Omnipotent, Immutable, Immortal, Infinite, Eternal King ; thee, Author of all being, Fountain of light, thyself invisible Amidst the glorious brightness where thou sitt'at Throned inaccessible, but when thou shad'st The full blaze of thy beams, and through a cloud Drawn round about thee like a radiant shrine, Dark with excessive bright thy skirts appear, Yet dazzle Heaven, that brightest seraphim Approach not, but with both wings veil their eyes.