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Stanza 3.—The allusion is to the expulsion of Adam from the Garden of Eden. Stanza 4.—Concerning the Last judgment, a beautiful tradition relates that there are seven degrees of punishment, but eight of blessedness, because God's mercy exceeds His justice.
Source: Internet Sacred Text Archive, file isl/pdh/pdh59.htm.
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