The Divine Comedy By Dante, Illustrated, Paradise, volume 1
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to the lofty wheels, with me, Thy ken directed to the point, whereatOne motion strikes on th' other. There beginThy wonder of the mighty Architect, Who loves his work so inwardly, his eyeDoth ever watch it. See, how thence obliqueBrancheth the circle, where the planets rollTo pour their wished influence on the world;Whose path not bending thus, in heav'n aboveMuch virtue would be lost, and here on earth, All power well nigh extinct: or, from directWere its departure distant more or less, I' th'... universal order, great defectMust, both in heav'n and here beneath, ensue. Now rest thee, reader! on thy bench, and museAnticipative of the feast to come;So shall delight make thee not feel thy toil. Lo! I have set before thee, for thyselfFeed now: the matter I indite, henceforthDemands entire my thought. Join'd with the part, Which late we told of, the great ministerOf nature, that upon the world imprintsThe virtue of the heaven, and doles outTime for us with his beam, went circling onAlong the spires, where each hour sooner comes;And I was with him, weetless of ascent, As one, who till arriv'd, weets not his coming.
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