After writing this sonnet, it was given unto me to behold a very wonderful vision:[32] wherein I saw things which determined me that I would say nothing further of this most blessed one, until such time as I could discourse more worthily concerning her. And to this end I labour all I can; as she well knoweth. Wherefore if it be His pleasure through whom is the life of all things, that my life continue with me a few years, it is my hope that I shall yet write concerning her what hath not before been written of any woman. After the which, may it seem good unto Him who is the Master of Grace, that my spirit should go hence to behold the glory of its lady: to wit, of that blessed Beatrice who now gazeth continually on His countenance _qui est per omnia sæcula benedictus_.[33] _Laus Deo._ [32] This we may believe to have been the Vision of Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise, which furnished the triple argument of the _Divina Commedia_. The Latin words ending the _Vita Nuova_ are almost identical with those at the close of the letter in which Dante, on concluding the _Paradise_, and accomplishing the hope here expressed, dedicates his great work to Can Grande della Scala. [33] “Who is blessed throughout all ages.” THE END. THE SIDDAL EDITION OF D. G. ROSSETTI’S WORKS. Volumes now Ready. THE HOUSE OF LIFE: A Sonnet Sequence. BALLADS: Rose Mary; The White Ship; The King’s Tragedy. THE NEW LIFE (La Vita Nuova) Of DANTE ALIGHIERI. _Small 8vo, with Photogravure Frontispieces, cloth extra, gilt edges, price 2s. 6d. per vol., net._ Other Volumes are in Preparation. ELLIS AND ELVEY 29, NEW BOND STREET, LONDON, W. * * * * * Transcriber's note: Original spelling and punctuation have been preserved. Minor typographical errors have been corrected without note.