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IV. DANTEAN DREAMS.
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Within the place where patient souls abideIn hopeful suffering,—dead among the dead
Methought I stood, and pray'd with bended head,
When sudden shone an angel at my side,
Who to my startled questioning glance replied—
‘Because thou hast lov'd well, the Lord hath said
It is His will that thou be comforted.
Ask what thou wilt; it shall not be denied.’
‘Show me my saint—one moment, only one!’
And lo! an image, on cloud-canvas cast,
Of a great company in robes of white,
And 'mongst them she, with face divinely bright
Upturn'd, adoring. Soon the vision pass'd;
But long I stood and gaz'd, though it was gone.
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