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When I consider the hallowed burning light, God's presence, that force that can shape thought, and awaken, rouse the heart to courage, to acts beyond human strength to bear by instilling nobility and virtue in the soul, I gather, fix, concentrate her desires so His light absorbs them, but alas am weak and limited by what I feel and understand of this light. Thus the chosen soul can only achieve what her Author has been pleased to allow. Blest mercy. The race is not to the skilled or the active, they run safest and best who are protected and sustained by God. |
An image of the Italian text from Visconti's 1840 edition |
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Notes: From V CLXVI:326. See also B S2:15:184; no MSs; in 1548 Valgrisi; 1693 Bulifon; 1760 Rota. Translation: Roscoe 323. Key |
