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Dante
Dante guide me down the steps of hell
You called me to my appointed task
And seven years of labour will mark
The start of a descent into sulphur
Guide me to my natal star, far above
On this benighted earth take care
To take my shoulder like Virgil
Be my cicerone as he was to you
Let us see how far we can descend
Before heaven makes herself apparent
The great surprise, those who descend
Go up, graduated to the highest place
A Roundtable and twelve knights I need
To bring the Grail you saw in stellar form
To earth, to ground the other realm here
And establish justice among the cursed.