G. ROSSETTI.)
The same poet in his canzone, _Al Cor Gentil_ says:
"She shines on us as God shines on His angels."
When madonna dies the angels receive her, rejoicing that she has joined
them. The Provencal, Pons of Capduelh, anticipated Dante:
And now we know that the celestial choir
Sings songs of jubilee at her release
From this dull earth; I heard and am at rest;
Who praise His hosts, praise the Eternal Sire.
I know she is in Heaven with the blest,
'Midst flow'rs whose glory time can never dim
Singing God's praise, and blest by seraphim.
Nought but the truth from my glad lips shall fall,
In Heaven she is, enthroned above all.
Folquet of Romans wrote a letter to his beloved, in which he said
amongst other things:
Kneeling in church before God's face,
--A sinner to beseech His grace,--
And for my sins to make amends,--
'Twas you to whom I raised my hands;
Your loveliness alone was there,
My soul knew only of one pray'r.
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