Calming myself

. It's been a stressful day. CLICK HERE. And on days like this I will listen to this beautiful music from Dante's love story of Beatrice as performed in La Vita Nuova

I hope that you enjoy this condensation of it.

In Dante's first sonnet:
Dante's Vita Nuova and the Vision of the Eaten Heart

In chapter III of Dante's Vita Nuova the poet returns to his home "overcome with ecstasy" at having been greeted, for the first time as an adult, by his beloved Beatrice. His joy is short-lived, however, since he is soon upset by a "marvelous vision" that appears to him in his sleep. A figure who identifies himself as Dante's "master" holds a woman, naked except for a crimson cloth, in his arms. The figure holds a "fiery object" in his hands, telling Dante, "Behold your heart." The figure then holds Dante's heart up to the woman, who proves to be Beatrice, and makes
her eat it from his hands. After a short while the figure begins weeping bitterly,
and weeping, he folds his arms over the woman and together they ascend towards the heavens. At this point Dante awakes, and is inspired to write a sonnet addressed to "all Love's faithful subjects" in which he requests help in interpreting his vision. In Dante’s “Inferno”, his character Pierre de la Vingna was imprisoned in hell for his betrayal of the Kings trust. His punishment there was to be able to continually behold the woman (a picture of Beatrice) that he loved, and yet never be able to possess her.