| Higginson and Bigelow, comps. American Sonnets. 1891. | | | | Divina Commedia | | By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) |
| | | WITH snow-white veil and garments as of flame, | |
| She stands before thee, who so long ago | |
| Filled thy young heart with passion and the woe | |
| From which thy song and all its splendors came; | |
| And while with stern rebuke she speaks thy name, | 5 |
| The ice about thy heart melts as the snow | |
| On mountain heights, and in swift overflow | |
| Comes gushing from thy lips in sobs of shame. | |
| Thou makest full confession; and a gleam, | |
| As of the dawn on some dark forest cast, | 10 |
| Seems on thy lifted forehead to increase; | |
| Lethe and Eunöe—the remembered dream | |
| And the forgotten sorrow—bring at last | |
| That perfect pardon which is perfect peace. | | | | |
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