The Divine Comedy Volume 3 Paradise
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I can see how into your mind already there shines Eternal Light which, of Itself, once it is seen, forever kindles love; and should some other thing seduce man’s love, it can be only some trace of this Light, misapprehended, shining through that thing. — location: 1252
And if the star changed then and seemed ro smile, imagine what rook place in me, a man whose nature is transmurability. — location: 1282
Poet is actually stressing a contrast: the simple soul of Piccarda introduced the soul of the great Constance, mother of kings, in her sphere; here it is the great light of Justinian which introduces the simple soul of Romeo. — location: 1647
By calling the reader’s attention co the similarity of the two “pearls” (in the Paradise, no other sphere will be referred co as a “pearl”) the Poet is actually stressing a contrast: the simple soul of Piccarda introduced the soul of the great Constance, mother of kings, in her sphere; here it is the great light of Justinian which introduces the simple soul of Romeo. — location: 1646
Momigliano (p. 544) poims our char while rhe firsr parr of chis camo exalrs rhe religious-polirical ideal of Dame, chis lase secrion deals wirh rhe sad consequences which such an ideal had for rhe Poer: exile and poverry. — location: 1662