In equal measure shall this garden fill. And know that downward from that rank which cleaves 2065 Midway the sequence of the two divisions, Not by their proper merit are they seated; But by another’s under fixed conditions; 2066 For these are spirits one and all assoiled Before they any true election had. Well canst thou recognise it in their faces, And also in their voices puerile, If thou regard them well and hearken to them. Now doubtest thou, and doubting thou art silent; But I will loosen for thee the strong bond In which thy subtle fancies hold thee fast. Within the amplitude of this domain No casual point can possibly find place, No more than sadness can, or thirst, or hunger; For by eternal law has been established Whatever thou beholdest, so that closely The ring is fitted to the finger here. And therefore are these people, festinate 2067 Unto true life, not