That circled round the point at which I was; Because it is as much beyond our wont, As swifter than the motion of the Chiana 1526 Moveth the heaven that all the rest outspeeds. 1527 There sang they neither Bacchus, nor Apollo, But in the divine nature Persons three, And in one person the divine and human. The singing and the dance fulfilled their measure, And unto us those holy lights gave need, Growing in happiness from care to care. Then broke the silence of those saints concordant The light in which the admirable life 1528 Of God’s own mendicant was told to me, And said: “Now that one straw is trodden out 1529 Now that its seed is garnered up already, Sweet love invites me to thresh out the other. Into that bosom, thou believest, whence 1530 Was drawn the rib to form the beauteous cheek Whose taste to all the world is costing dear,