Paradiso: Canto IV.

“And as a lute and harp, accordant strung

With many strings, a dulcet tinkling make

To him by whom the notes are not distinguished,

So from the lights that there to me appeared

Upgathered through the cross a melody,

Which rapt me, not distinguishing the hymn.”

Paradiso: Canto XIV.

“As through the pure and tranquil evening air

There shoots from time to time a sudden fire,