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THE DIVINE COMEDY
OF DANTE ALIGHIERI
(1265-1321)
TRANSLATED BY
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

(1807-1882)
CANTICLE III: PARADISO
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CONTENTS
Paradiso
I. The Ascent to the First Heaven. The Sphere of Fire. II. The First
Heaven, the Moon: Spirits who, having taken
Sacred Vows, were forced to violate them. The Lunar Spots. III.
Piccarda Donati and the Empress Constance.
IV. Questionings of the
Soul and of Broken Vows.
V. Discourse of Beatrice on Vows and
Compensations.
Ascent to the Second Heaven, Mercury: Spirits who for the Love of
Fame achieved great Deeds.
VI. Justinian. The Roman Eagle. The
Empire. Romeo.
VII. Beatrice's Discourse of the Crucifixion, the
Incarnation,
the Immortality of the Soul, and the Resurrection of the Body. VIII.
Ascent to the Third Heaven, Venus: Lovers. Charles Martel.
Discourse on diverse Natures.
IX. Cunizza da Romano, Folco of
Marseilles, and Rahab.
Neglect of the Holy Land.
X. The Fourth Heaven, the Sun:
Theologians and Fathers of
the Church. The First Circle. St. Thomas of Aquinas. XI. St. Thomas
recounts the Life of St. Francis. Lament over
the State of the Dominican Order.
XII. St. Buonaventura recounts the
Life of St. Dominic. Lament
over the State of the Franciscan Order. The Second Circle. XIII. Of the

Wisdom of Solomon. St. Thomas reproaches
Dante's Judgement.
XIV. The Third Circle. Discourse on the
Resurrection of the Flesh.
The Fifth Heaven, Mars: Martyrs and Crusaders who died fighting for
the true Faith. The Celestial Cross.
XV. Cacciaguida. Florence in the
Olden Time.
XVI. Dante's Noble Ancestry. Cacciaguida's Discourse
of
the Great Florentines.
XVII. Cacciaguida's Prophecy of Dante's
Banishment.
XVIII. The Sixth Heaven, Jupiter: Righteous Kings and
Rulers.
The Celestial Eagle. Dante's Invectives against
ecclesiastical Avarice.

XIX. The Eagle discourses of Salvation, Faith, and Virtue.
Condemnation of the vile Kings of A.D. 1300.
XX. The Eagle praises
the Righteous Kings of old.
Benevolence of the Divine Will.
XXI. The Seventh Heaven, Saturn:
The Contemplative.
The Celestial Stairway. St. Peter Damiano. His Invectives against the
Luxury of the Prelates.
XXII. St. Benedict. His Lamentation over the
Corruption of Monks.
The Eighth Heaven, the Fixed Stars.
XXIII. The Triumph of Christ.
The Virgin Mary. The Apostles.
Gabriel.
XXIV. The Radiant Wheel. St. Peter examines Dante on
Faith. XXV. The Laurel Crown. St. James examines Dante on Hope.
Dante's Blindness.
XXVI. St. John examines Dante on Charity.
Dante's Sight. Adam. XXVII. St. Peter's reproof of bad Popes. The
Ascent to

the Ninth Heaven, the 'Primum Mobile.'
XXVIII. God and the
Angelic Hierarchies.
XXIX. Beatrice's Discourse of the Creation of
the Angels,
and of the Fall of Lucifer. Her Reproof of Foolish and Avaricious
Preachers.
XXX. The Tenth Heaven, or Empyrean. The River of
Light.
The Two Courts of Heaven. The White Rose of Paradise. The great
Throne.
XXXI. The Glory of Paradise. Departure of Beatrice. St.
Bernard. XXXII. St. Bernard points out the Saints in the White Rose.
XXXIII. Prayer to the Virgin. The Threefold Circle of the Trinity.
Mystery of the Divine and Human Nature.
The Divine Comedy
translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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PARADISO
Paradiso: Canto I
The glory of Him who moveth everything
Doth penetrate the
universe, and shine
In one part more and in another less.
Within that heaven which most his light receives
Was I, and things
beheld which to repeat
Nor knows, nor can, who from above
descends;