1433 In such wise that it pleased in Paradise. The other which near by adorns our choir That Peter was who, e’en as the poor widow, 1434 Offered his treasure unto Holy Church. The fifth light, that among us is the fairest, 1435 Breathes forth from such a love, that all the world Below is greedy to learn tidings of it. 1436 Within it is the lofty mind, where knowledge So deep was put, that, if the true be true, To see so much there never rose a second. Thou seest next the lustre of that taper, 1437 Which in the flesh below looked most within The angelic nature and its ministry. Within that other little light is smiling The advocate of the Christian centuries, 1438 Out of whose rhetoric Augustine was furnished. Now if thou trainest thy mind’s eye along From light to light pursuant of my praise,
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