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DOWN FROM THE HEAVENS IN HIS MORTAL STATE, by                     Poet's Biography
Last Line: Renounce the greatest happiness on earth
Alternate Author Name(s): Michel Angelo
Subject(s): Dante Alighieri (1265-1321); Poetry & Poets; Wordsworth, William (1770-1850)


Down from the Heavens in his mortal state
He sank both one and other Hell to know,
Then rose again his God to contemplate.
And truth divine vouchsafe to us below.
O wondrous star, who by his radiancy
Made light within the nest which gave me birth ;
O Thou alone, Who fashionedst him, canst be
His recompense, not this so guilty earth !

Dante's great works and his surpassing love
Were hidden from a thankless people's face,
Whose favours shower on all save those of worth ;
Yet gladly I his destiny would prove,
And for cruel exile with his virtue's grace
Renounce the greatest happiness on earth





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