Dante at the end of his Divine Comedy journeys through a series of concentric rings to a great rose that is the heart of Paradise itself. He addresses the Virgin Mary, who was often represented as a rose: Within your womb was lit once more the flame Of that love through whose warmth this flower opened To its full bloom in everlasting peace.
Dante at the end of his Divine Comedy journeys through a series of concentric rings to a great rose that is the heart of Paradise itself. He addresses the Virgin Mary, who was often represented as a rose: Within your womb was lit once more the flame Of that love through whose warmth this flower opened To its full bloom in everlasting peace.
