Poems (Linn)/Cicero's Dream
CICERO'S DREAM.[1]
HIGH up among the stars great Cicero stood.Harmony perfect fell upon his ears,The soft and mellow music of the spheresBlent with the praises of the great and good.Dead Africanus, Paulus' mighty sire,Taught him the laws that light the star-strown skies;Showed him the wonders that from human eyesForever hidden are: but still desireFixed on one tiny spot his eager gazeWhere, least among the many balls of light,The earth hung, glowing beautiful and bright,A fiery point in the unending maze.Ah! though the universe below him movesHis thoughts are but of earth, for there his loves.———
- ↑ Longfellow's Dante (Notes) page 229.