Sonnet V on Dante's Divine Comedy by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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Sender’s note: Hello all, Flynn here. Thanks for making it to the end, especially if you were with us from the start :) As I said a couple of months ago, I’m not sure if I’ll be able to continue the newsletter for its next intended cycle, but I hope to do so. In the meantime, in the Project Gutenberg text for Longfellow’s translation of the Comedy, the Appendix hosts six sonnets on the Comedy written by Longfellow. I thought it would be apt to send these out after we finished our rounds. Please enjoy!

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SIX SONNETS ON DANTE’S DIVINE COMEDY BY HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
(1807-1882)

V

I Lift mine eyes, and all the windows blaze
    With forms of saints and holy men who died,
    Here martyred and hereafter glorified;
    And the great Rose upon its leaves displays
Christ’s Triumph, and the angelic roundelays,
    With splendor upon splendor multiplied;
    And Beatrice again at Dante’s side
    No more rebukes, but smiles her words of praise.
And then the organ sounds, and unseen choirs
    Sing the old Latin hymns of peace and love
    And benedictions of the Holy Ghost;
And the melodious bells among the spires
    O’er all the house-tops and through heaven above
    Proclaim the elevation of the Host!