Poem of the day
Beatrice. (From Dante. Purgatorio, Xxx., Xxxi.)
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Even as the Blessed, at the final summons,
Shall rise up quickened, each one from his grave,
Wearing again the garments of the flesh,
So, upon that celestial chariot,
A hundred rose
ad vocem tanti senis
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Ministers and messengers of life eternal.
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