“Io toglieva i raggi Dinanzi a me del sol ch’era già basso. . . . . . Il sol corcar, per l’ ombra che si spense Sentimmo.” _Purg._ xxvii. 65-69. “I cut off the rays Before me of the sun, that now was low. . . . . . By the vanished shadow the sun’s setting Behind us we perceived.” ---------------------------------------------------------------- Night. On the last stairway. “Vedev’ io le stelle.” _Purg._ xxvii. 89. “I beheld the stars.” ---------------------------------------------------------------- 7th day. About 4 a.m. “Nell’ ora, credo, che dell’ oriente Prima raggiò nel monte Citerea.” _Purg._ xxvii. 94, 95. “It was the hour, I think, when from the east First on the mountain Cytherea beamed.” ---------------------------------------------------------------- Dawn. “E già per gli splendori antelucani . . . . . Le tenebre fuggian da tutti i lati.” _Purg._ xxvii. 109-112. “And now before the antelucan splendours . . . . . The darkness fled away on every side.” ---------------------------------------------------------------- Early morning. In the Earthly Paradise. “Vedi là il sol che in fronte ti riluce.” _Purg_. xxvii. 133. “Behold the sun that shines upon thy forehead.” “L’ ôre prime.” _Purg._ xxviii. 16. “The hours of prime.” ---------------------------------------------------------------- Midday. By the fountain of Eunoë. “Teneva il sole il cerchio di merigge.” _Purg._ xxxiii. 104. “The sun was holding the meridian circle.” Ascent to Paradise. “Fatto avea di là mane e di qua sera Tal foce quasi, e tutto era là bianco Quello emisperio, e l’ altra parte nera.” _Par._ i. 43-45.