What Dante Alighieri didn't tell you
At the Gates of heaven I paused, for written over
its arch was written in shining letters, "Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter
Here."
I said to Beatrice, "That has been
written elsewhere."
She said, "And perhaps by
the same hand."
Trouble must have crowded my
brow, for she laughed and said "Do you refuse to lay down your hope simply
because it has been fulfilled?"
Posted: Sunday - May 08, 2005 at 02:21 PM