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CANTO IV.] Shalt one day, if found worthy, so defined

See thy God face to face, as thou dost now

His Holy of Holies—nor be blasted by his brow.

CLVI.

Thou movest—but increasing with the advance,

Like climbing some great Alp, which still doth rise,

Deceived by its gigantic elegance—

Vastness which grows, but grows to harmonize—

All musical in its immensities;

Rich marbles, richer painting—shrines where flame

The lamps of gold—and haughty dome which vies

In air with Earth's chief structures, though their frame

Sits on the firm-set ground—and this the clouds must claim.