In that abyss Of radiance, clear and lofty, seem'd, methought, Three orbs of triple hue, dipt in one bound : And, from another, one reflected seem'd, As rainbow is from rainbow : and the third Seem'd fire, breathed equally from both. O speech ! How feeble... The Divine Comedy - Page 427by Dante Alighieri - 1909 - 429 pagesFull view - About this book
| Dante Alighieri - 1880 - 638 pages
...sccm'd, 110 As rainbow is from rainbow : and the third Seem'd fire, breath'd equally from both. Oh speech How feeble and how faint art thou, to give...birth ! Yet this to what I saw Is less than little. Oh eternal light ! 115 Sole in thyself that dwellst ; and of thyself Sole understood, past, present,... | |
| Dante Alighieri - 1881 - 490 pages
...and the third Seem'd fire, breath'd equally from both. Oh speech How feeble and how faint art tliou, to give Conception birth ! Yet this to what I saw Is less than little. Oh eternal light ! 115 Sole in thyself that dwellst ; and of thyself Sole understood, past, present,... | |
| Alexander Whyte - 1883 - 250 pages
...abyss Of radiance, clear and lofty, seem'd, methought, Three orbs of triple hue dipt in one bound ; And, from another, one reflected seem'd. As rainbow is from rainbow ; and the third Seem'd fire, breath'd equally from both. Oh, speech, How feeble and how faint art thou, to give Conception birth... | |
| 1884 - 1114 pages
...reflected seemed As rainbow is from rainbow; and the third Seemed lire, breathed equally from both. Oh speech, How feeble and how faint art thou to give...birth ! Yet this to what I saw Is less than little. Oh eternal light ! Sole in thyself that dwellest, and of thyself Sole understood, past, present, or... | |
| 1884 - 892 pages
...reflected seemed As rainbow is from rainbow ; and the third Seemedflre, breathed equally from both. Oh speech, How feeble and how faint art thou to give...birth ! Yet this to what I saw Is less than little. Oh eternal light ! Sole in thyself that dwellest, and of thyself Sole understood, past, present, or... | |
| Adolphe Napoléon Didron - 1886 - 524 pages
...abyss Of radiance, clear and lofty, seem'd, methought, Three orbs of triple hue, dipt in one bound ; And, from another, one reflected seem'd, As rainbow...Seem'd fire, breathed equally from both. * * * * O eternal light! Sole in thyself thou dwell'st; and of thyself Sole understood, past, present, or to... | |
| Franz Hettinger - 1887 - 474 pages
...both proceeding. In vain the poet tries to find words adequate to express these sublime mysteries : " O speech ! How feeble and how faint art thou, to give...Thyself Sole understood, past, present, or to come." — Par. mnriii. 112. Within the second orb of light he discerns the form of man, the human nature... | |
| Franz Hettinger - 1887 - 492 pages
...abyss Of radiance, clear and lofty, seem'd, methought, Three orbs of triple hue, clipt in one bound : And, from another, one reflected seem'd, As rainbow...the third Seem'd fire, breathed equally from both." — Par. xxxiii. 107. "Glory to the Father, to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit " is the cry that rings... | |
| Dante Alighieri - 1889 - 604 pages
...abyss Of radiance, clear and lofty, seem'd, methought, Three orbs of triple hue, clipt in one bound i : And, from another, one reflected seem'd, As rainbow...Seem'd fire, breathed equally from both. O speech I How feeble and how faint art thou, to give Conception birth. Yet this to what I saw Is less than... | |
| Dante Alighieri - 1889 - 454 pages
...and the third Seem'd fire, breath'd equally from both. Oh spccjii How feeble and how faint art tliou, to give Conception birth ! Yet this to what I saw Is less than little. Oh eternal light ! 115 Sole in thyself that dwellst ; and of thyself Sole understood, past, present,... | |
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