“Part loosely wing the region, part more wise In common, ranged in figure, wedge their way, Intelligent of seasons, and set forth Their aery caravan, high over seas Flying, and over lands, with mutual wing Easing their flight;⁠—so steers the prudent crane Her annual voyage, borne on winds;⁠—the air Floats as they pass.”

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The first letters of the word Diligite , completed afterward. ↩

Dante gives this title to the Muse, because from the hoof-beat of Pegasus sprang the fountain of the Muses, Hippocrene. The invocation is here to Calliope, the Muse of epic verse. ↩

Wisdom of Solomon 1:1:⁠—