{"product_id":"2940149541959","title":"The Divine Comedy Volume III: Paradise","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCANTO I \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis glory, by whose might all things are mov'd,\u003cbr\u003ePierces the universe, and in one part\u003cbr\u003eSheds more resplendence, elsewhere less.  In heav'n,\u003cbr\u003eThat largeliest of his light partakes, was I,\u003cbr\u003eWitness of things, which to relate again\u003cbr\u003eSurpasseth power of him who comes from thence;\u003cbr\u003eFor that, so near approaching its desire\u003cbr\u003eOur intellect is to such depth absorb'd,\u003cbr\u003eThat memory cannot follow.  Nathless all,\u003cbr\u003eThat in my thoughts I of that sacred realm\u003cbr\u003eCould store, shall now be matter of my song.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     Benign Apollo! this last labour aid,\u003cbr\u003eAnd make me such a vessel of thy worth,\u003cbr\u003eAs thy own laurel claims of me belov'd.\u003cbr\u003eThus far hath one of steep Parnassus' brows\u003cbr\u003eSuffic'd me; henceforth there is need of both\u003cbr\u003eFor my remaining enterprise Do thou\u003cbr\u003eEnter into my bosom, and there breathe\u003cbr\u003eSo, as when Marsyas by thy hand was dragg'd\u003cbr\u003eForth from his limbs unsheath'd.  O power divine!\u003cbr\u003eIf thou to me of shine impart so much,\u003cbr\u003eThat of that happy realm the shadow'd form\u003cbr\u003eTrac'd in my thoughts I may set forth to view,\u003cbr\u003eThou shalt behold me of thy favour'd tree\u003cbr\u003eCome to the foot, and crown myself with leaves;\u003cbr\u003eFor to that honour thou, and my high theme\u003cbr\u003eWill fit me.  If but seldom, mighty Sire!\u003cbr\u003eTo grace his triumph gathers thence a wreath\u003cbr\u003eCaesar or bard (more shame for human wills\u003cbr\u003eDeprav'd) joy to the Delphic god must spring\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Pierian foliage, when one breast\u003cbr\u003eIs with such thirst inspir'd.  From a small spark\u003cbr\u003eGreat flame hath risen: after me perchance\u003cbr\u003eOthers with better voice may pray, and gain\u003cbr\u003eFrom the Cirrhaean city answer kind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     Through diver passages, the world's bright lamp\u003cbr\u003eRises to mortals, but through that which joins\u003cbr\u003eFour circles with the threefold cross, in best\u003cbr\u003eCourse, and in happiest constellation set\u003cbr\u003eHe comes, and to the worldly wax best gives\u003cbr\u003eIts temper and impression.  Morning there,\u003cbr\u003eHere eve was by almost such passage made;\u003cbr\u003eAnd whiteness had o'erspread that hemisphere,\u003cbr\u003eBlackness the other part; when to the left\u003cbr\u003eI saw Beatrice turn'd, and on the sun\u003cbr\u003eGazing, as never eagle fix'd his ken.\u003cbr\u003eAs from the first a second beam is wont\u003cbr\u003eTo issue, and reflected upwards rise,\u003cbr\u003eE'en as a pilgrim bent on his return,\u003cbr\u003eSo of her act, that through the eyesight pass'd\u003cbr\u003eInto my fancy, mine was form'd; and straight,\u003cbr\u003eBeyond our mortal wont, I fix'd mine eyes\u003cbr\u003eUpon the sun.  Much is allowed us there,\u003cbr\u003eThat here exceeds our pow'r; thanks to the place\u003cbr\u003eMade for the dwelling of the human kind\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Starling and Black","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47072905986288,"sku":"2940149541959","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149541959_p0.jpg?v=1763719120","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149541959","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}