The heavens call to you, and circle about you, displaying to you their…

Dante Alighieri
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The heavens call to you, and circle about you, displaying to you their eternal splendors, and your eye gazes only to earth. ✨ Dante Alighieri (1991). Purgatorio, p.153, Princeton University Press
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The heavens call to you, and circle about you, displaying to you their eternal splendors, and your eye gazes only to earth. ✨ Dante Alighieri (1991). Purgatorio, p.153, Princeton University Press

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