Thus did I likewise, after that my Lady Had me provided with her clear response, And like a star in heaven the truth was seen. And soon as to a stop her words had come, Not otherwise does iron scintillate When molten, than those circles scintillated. 1977 Their coruscation all the sparks repeated, And they so many were, their number makes More millions than the doubling of the chess. 1978 I heard them sing hosanna choir by choir To the fixed point which holds them at the Ubi , 1979 And ever will, where they have ever been. And she, who saw the dubious meditations Within my mind, “The primal circles,” said, “Have shown thee Seraphim and Cherubim. 1980 Thus rapidly they follow their own bonds, 1981 To be as like the point as most they can,

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