There is a famous passage in the Twenty-second canto of the "Paradiso," in which Dante describes himself as looking down upon the earth from the starry heaven.
"The Approach to Philosophy"
Ralph Barton Perry
For others a beautiful curl is a corkscrew pulling out canto after canto.
"Around The Tea-Table"
T. De Witt Talmage
Mary was out of Patience with Father yesterday, who, after keeping her a full Hour at Thucydides, sayd, "Well, now we will refresh ourselves with a canto of Ariosto," which was as much a sealed Book to her as t'other.
"Mary Powell & Deborah's Diary"
Anne Manning