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 Dreaming, as homeless on dark earth he trod, The lips that praise him shall not know for God.

O sovereign spirit, above All offering but man's love, All praise and prayer and incense undefiled! The one thing stronger found Than towers with iron bound; The one thing lovelier than a little child, And deeper than the seas are deep,

Dante, the seer of all things evil and good, Beheld two ladies, Beauty And high life-hallowing Duty, That strove for sway upon his mind and mood