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Dante - Paradiso - That place where joy is eternal
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Dante – The Divine Comedy
Then I saw several living and blinding brilliances;
We were in the middle and they made a ring,
More sweet in voice than shining in appearance;
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Inside there is the exalted mind to which
Such deep wisdom was granted, that if truth is true
No second ever arose who saw so much
After these burning suns, singing as they went,
Had circled round about us three times
Like stars about the fixed poles
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So I saw the glorious circle before me
Move and answer voice to voice in harmony
And with a sweetness which is not to be known
Except in that place where joy is eternal