“Only the actions of the just

Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust.”

“Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom in the dust.”

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The struggle between his eyes and the light. ↩

Christ, who had re-ascended, so that Dante’s eyes, too feeble to bear the light of his presence, could now behold the splendor of this “meadow of flowers.” ↩

The Rose, or the Virgin Mary, to whom Beatrice alludes in line 73. Afterwards he hears the hosts of heaven repeat her name, as described in line 110:⁠—