Above　the　middle　part　of　either　shoulder；
  And　they　were　joined　together　at　the　crest；
  And　the　right…hand　one　seemed　'twixt　white　and　yellow；
  The　left　was　such　to　look　upon　as　those
  Who　come　from　where　the　Nile　falls　valley…ward。
  Underneath　each　came　forth　two　mighty　wings；
  Such　as　befitting　were　so　great　a　bird；
  Sails　of　the　sea　I　never　saw　so　large。
  No　feathers　had　they；　but　as　of　a　bat
  Their　fashion　was；　and　he　was　waving　them；
  So　that　three　winds　proceeded　forth　therefrom。
  Thereby　Cocytus　wholly　was　congealed。
  With　six　eyes　did　he　weep；　and　down　three　chins
  Trickled　the　tear…drops　and　the　bloody　drivel。
  At　every　mouth　he　with　his　teeth　was　crunching
  A　sinner；　in　the　manner　of　a　brake；
  So　that　he　three　of　them　tormented　thus。
  To　him　in　front　the　biting　was　as　naught
  Unto　the　clawing；　for　sometimes　the　spine
  Utterly　stripped　of　all　the　skin　remained。
  〃That　soul　up　there　which　has　the　greatest　pain；〃
  The　Master　said；　〃is　Judas　Iscariot；
  With　head　inside；　he　plies　his　legs　without。
  Of　the　two　others；　who　head　downward　are；
  The　one　who　hangs　from　the　black　jowl　is　Brutus；
  See　how　he　writhes　himself；　and　speaks　no　word。
  And　the　other；　who　so　stalwart　seems；　is　Cassius。
  But　night　is　reascending；　and　'tis　time
  That　we　depart；　for　we　have　seen　the　whole。〃
  As　seemed　him　good；　I　clasped　him　round　the　neck；
  And　he　the　vantage　seized　of　time　and　place；
  And　when　the　wings　were　opened　wide　apart；
  He　laid　fast　hold　upon　the　shaggy　sides；
  From　fell　to　fell　descended　downward　then
  Between　the　thick　hair　and　the　frozen　crust。
  When　we　were　come　to　where　the　thigh　revolves
  Exactly　on　the　thickness　of　the　haunch；
  The　Guide；　with　labour　and　with　hard…drawn　breath；
  Turned　round　his　head　where　he　had　had　his　legs；
  And　grappled　to　the　hair；　as　one　who　mounts；
  So　that　to　Hell　I　thought　we　were　returning。
  〃Keep　fast　thy　hold；　for　by　such　stairs　as　these；〃
  The　Master　said；　panting　as　one　fatigued；
  〃Must　we　perforce　depart　from　so　much　evil。〃
  Then　through　the　opening　of　a　rock　he　issued；
  And　down　upon　the　margin　seated　me；
  Then　tow'rds　me　he　outstretched　his　wary　step。
  I　lifted　up　mine　eyes　and　thought　to　see
  Lucifer　in　the　same　way　I　had　left　him；
  And　I　beheld　him　upward　hold　his　legs。
  And　if　I　then　became　disquieted；
  Let　stolid　people　think　who　do　not　see
  What　the　point　is　beyond　which　I　had　passed。
  〃Rise　up；〃　the　Master　said；　〃upon　thy　feet；
  The　way　is　long；　and　difficult　the　road；
  And　now　the　sun　to　middle…tierce　returns。〃
  It　was　not　any　palace　corridor
  There　where　we　were；　but　dungeon　natural；
  With　floor　uneven　and　unease　of　light。
  〃Ere　from　the　abyss　I　tear　myself　away；
  My　Master；〃　said　I　when　I　had　arisen；
  〃To　draw　me　from　an　error　speak　a　little；
  Where　is　the　ice？　and　how　is　this　one　fixed
  Thus　upside　down？　and　how　in　such　short　time
  From　eve　to　morn　has　the　sun　made　his　transit？〃
  And　he　to　me：　〃Thou　still　imaginest
  Thou　art　beyond　the　centre；　where　I　grasped
  The　hair　of　the　fell　worm；　who　mines　the　world。
  That　side　thou　wast；　so　long　as　I　descended；
  When　round　I　turned　me；　thou　didst　pass　the　point
  To　which　things　heavy　draw　from　every　side；
  And　now　beneath　the　hemisphere　art　come
  Opposite　that　which　overhangs　the　vast
  Dry…land；　and　'neath　whose　cope　was　put　to　death
  The　Man　who　without　sin　was　born　and　lived。
  Thou　hast　thy　feet　upon　the　little　sphere
  Which　makes　the　other　face　of　the　Judecca。
  Here　it　is　morn　when　it　is　evening　there；
  And　he　who　with　his　hair　a　stairway　made　us
  Still　fixed　remaineth　as　he　was　before。
  Upon　this　side　he　fell　down　out　of　heaven；
  And　all　the　land；　that　whilom　here　emerged；
  For　fear　of　him　made　of　the　sea　a　veil；
  And　came　to　our　hemisphere；　and　peradventure
  To　flee　from　him；　what　on　this　side　appears
  Left　the　place　vacant　here；　and　back　recoiled。〃
  A　place　there　is　below；　from　Beelzebub
  As　far　receding　as　the　tomb　extends；
  Which　not　by　sight　is　known；　but　by　the　sound
  Of　a　small　rivulet；　that　there　descendeth
  Through　chasm　within　the　stone；　which　it　has　gnawed
  With　course　that　winds　about　and　slightly　falls。
  The　Guide　and　I　into　that　hidden　road
  Now　entered；　to　return　to　the　bright　world；
  And　without　care　of　having　any　rest
  We　mounted　up；　he　first　and　I　the　second；
  Till　I　beheld　through　a　round　aperture
  Some　of　the　beauteous　things　that　Heaven　doth　bear；
  Thence　we　came　forth　to　rebehold　the　stars。
  The　Divine　Comedy
  translated　by　Henry　Wadsworth　Longfellow
  PARADISO
  Paradiso：　Canto　I
  The　glory　of　Him　who　moveth　everything
  Doth　penetrate　the　universe；　and　shine
  In　one　part　more　and　in　another　less。
  Within　that　heaven　which　most　his　light　receives
  Was　I；　and　things　beheld　which　to　repeat
  Nor　knows；　nor　can；　who　from　above　descends；
  Because　in　drawing　near　to　its　desire
  Our　intellect　ingulphs　itself　so　far；
  That　after　it　the　memory　cannot　go。
  Truly　whatever　of　the　holy　realm
  I　had　the　power　to　treasure　in　my　mind
  Shall　now　become　the　subject　of　my　song。
  O　good　Apollo；　for　this　last　emprise
  Make　of　me　such　a　vessel　of　thy　power
  As　giving　the　beloved　laurel　asks！
  One　summit　of　Parnassus　hitherto
  Has　been　enough　for　me；　but　now　with　both
  I　needs　must　enter　the　arena　left。
  Enter　into　my　bosom；　thou；　and　breathe
  As　at　the　time　when　Marsyas　thou　didst　draw
  Out　of　the　scabbard　of　those　limbs　of　his。
  O　power　divine；　lend'st　thou　thyself　to　me
  So　that　the　shadow　of　the　blessed　realm
  Stamped　in　my　brain　I　can　make　manifest；
  Thou'lt　see　me　come　unto　thy　darling　tree；
  And　crown　myself　thereafter　with　those　leaves
  Of　which　the　theme　and　thou　shall　make　me　worthy。
  So　seldom；　Father；　do　we　gather　them
  For　triumph　or　of　Caesar　or　of　Poet；
  （The　fault　and　shame　of　human　inclinations；）
  That　the　Peneian　foliage　should　bring　forth
  Joy　to　the　joyous　Delphic　deity；
  When　any　one　it　makes　to　thirst　for　it。
  A　little　spark　is　followed　by　great　flame；
  Perchance　with　better　voices　after　me
  Shall　prayer　be　made　that　Cyrrha　may　respond！
  To　mortal　men　by　passages　diverse
  Uprises　the　world's　lamp；　but　by　that　one
  Which　circles　four　uniteth　with　three　crosses；
  With　better　course　and　with　a　better　star
  Conjoined　it　issues；　and　the　mundane　wax
  Tempers　and　stamps　more　after　its　own　fashion。
  Almost　that　passage　had　made　morning　there
  And　evening　here；　and　there　was　wholly　white
  That　hemisphere；　and　black　the　other　part；
  When　Beatrice　towards　the　left…hand　side
  I　saw　turned　round；　and　gazing　at　the　sun；
  Never　did　eagle　fasten　so　upon　it！
  And　even　as　a　second　ray　is　wont
  To　issue　from　the　first　and　reascend；
  Like　to　a　pilgrim　who　would　fain　return；
  Thus　of　her　action；　through　the　eyes　infused
  In　my　imagination；　mine　I　made；
  And　sunward　fixed　mine　eyes　beyond　our　wont。
  There　much　is　lawful　which　is　here　unlawful
  Unto　our　powers；　by　virtue　of　the　place
  Made　for　the　human　species　as　its　own。
  Not　long　I　bore　it；　nor　so　little　while
  But　I　beheld　it　sparkle　round　about
  Like　iron　that　comes　molten　from　the　fire；
  And　suddenly　it　seemed　that　day　to　day
  Was　added；　as　if　He　who　has　the　power
  Had　with　another　sun　the　heaven　adorned。
  With　eyes　upon　the　everlasting　wheels
  Stood　Beatrice　all　intent；　and　I；　on　her
  Fixing　my　vision　from　above　removed；
  Such　at　her　aspect　inwardly　became
  As　Glaucus；　tasting　of　the　herb　that　made　him
  Peer　of　the　other　gods　beneath　the　sea。
  To　represent　transhumanise　in　words
  Impossible　were；　the　example；　then；　suffice
  Him　for　whom　Grace　the　experience　reserves。
  If　I　was　merely　what　of　me　thou　newly
  Createdst；　Love　who　governest　the　heaven；
  Thou　knowest；　who　didst　lift　me　with　thy　light！
  When　now　the　wheel；　which　thou　dost　make　eternal
  Desiring　thee；　made　me　attentive　to　it
  By　harmony　thou　dost　modulate　and　measure；
  Then　seemed　to　me　so　much　of　heaven　enkindled
  By　the　sun's　flame；　that　neither　rain　nor　river
  E'er　made　a　lake　so　widely　spread　abroad。
  The　newness　of　the　sound　and　the　great　light
  Kindled　in　me　a　longing　for　their　cause；
  Never　before　with　such　acuteness　felt；
  Whence　she；　who　saw　me　as　I　saw　myself；
  To　quiet　in　me　my　perturbed　mind；
  Opened　her　mouth；　ere　I　did　mine　to　ask；
  And　she　began：　〃Thou　makest　thyself　so　dull
  With　false　imagining；　that　thou　seest　not
  What　thou　wouldst　see　if　thou　hadst　shaken　it　off。
  Thou　art　not　upon　earth；　as　thou　believest；
  But　lightning；　fleeing　its　appropriate　site；
  Ne'er　ran　as　thou；　who　thitherward　returnest。〃
  If　of　my　former　doubt　I　was　divested
  By　these　brief　little　words　more　smiled　than　spoken；
  I　in　a　new　one　was　the　more　ensnared；
  And　said：　〃Already　did　I　rest　content
  From　great　amazement；　but　am　now　amazed
  In　what　way　I　transcend　these　bodies　light。〃
  Whereupon　she；　after　a　pitying　sigh；
  Her　eyes　directed　tow'rds　me　with　that　look
  A　mother　casts　on　a　delirious　child；
  And　she　began：　〃All　things　whate'er　they　be
  Have　order　among　themselves；　and　this　is　form；
  That　makes　the　universe　resembl