[498] See Par. x. 7-21.
[499] Longfellow says:—“Looking down from the terrace of Monte Cassino upon the circular threshing-floor of stone in a farm lying below, I first felt the aptness of Dante’s phrase. This very scene may have suggested it to him.”
“So my lady stood, erect and intent, turned towards that place under which the sun shows least haste.” Par. xxiii. 10-12.
[501] See Par. iv. 34-39.
[502] Purg. xxix. 12 and 34.
[503] “Region.”
[504] Par. xxiii. 29, 30.
[505] Par. xxvii. 64-66.
[506] Compare Purg. xv. 1-5, where the course the sun still has to run between vespers and sunset is described as equal to the space between the third hour and sunrise.