“In that part of the youthful year wherein The sun his locks beneath Aquarius tempers, And now the nights draw near to half the day.” Inf. xxiv. 1-3. (Longfellow).
[226] “Night that opposite to him revolves.” (Longfellow).
“The Scales, that from her hands are dropped When she reigns highest.” Purg. ii. 5, 6. (Carey).
“And he: Now go, for the sun shall not lie Seven times upon the pillow which the Ram With all his four feet covers and bestrides. Before that such a courteous opinion ...” Purg. viii. 133-136. (Longfellow).
[229] “I have come to that part of the wheel.” Canz. xv.
[230] Like all mediæval writers, Dante includes the sun and moon among the seven planets. The others do not cast perceptible shadows, except Venus and Jupiter at their brightest.
“I to that point in the great wheel have come, Wherein the horizon, when the sun doth set, Brings forth the twin-starred heaven to our sight; And Love’s fair star away from us doth roam, Through the bright rays obliquely on it met In such wise that they veil its tender light; That planet which makes keen the cold of night Shows himself to us in the circle great, Where each star of the seven casts little shade.” (Plumptre).