Spirit august, thy station in the sphere That veils itself to men in alien rays.” 1280 This said I in direction of the light Which first had spoken to me; whence it became By far more lucent than it was before. Even as the sun, that doth conceal himself 1281 By too much light, when heat has worn away The tempering influence of the vapors dense, By greater rapture thus concealed itself In its own radiance the figure saintly, And thus close, close enfolded answered me In fashion as the following Canto sings.
Justinian—The Roman eagle—Romeo.