I Dreamed I Saw The Libraries Of Heaven Poem by Mary Angela Douglas

'E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle.'*

-Dante

I dreamed I saw the libraries of Heaven
and many books were there
that never saw the light of day on

earth-

and there were no sentinels at the door:
and in the air, something like flowers
and when you turned the page,

fresh meadows, endless hues-

and in a corner resplendent with light
and no newspapers-
you were reading by heart
and could not die-

mary angela douglas 13 may 2005
copyright 2006

*'and we walked out once more beneath the stars.'
from Dante's Inferno, Canto 34 (when the poets emerge from hell)