Now that the location inthe Cantos has been identified, it might be worth
point out that your quote is an allusion to Francois Villon's "Ballade de
Prier Nostre Dame" in which an old woman prays to the "paradis peint" in
her church. The same poem is quote inthe "harpes et luz" of Canto 45,the
usura Canto.
                        Jacob Korg

On Thu, 18 May 2000, Elizabeth Oness wrote:

> Dear EP List members,
>
> I have a question, and I'm living in a place with no proper concordance.
>
> Somewhere in The Cantos, I remember reading something like:
>
> How can man stand it
> with a painted paradise/ at the end of it?
> Without a painted paradise at the end of it?
>
> I'm sure these line breaks are wrong, but does anyone know WHERE in the
> Cantos this is?
>
> Of course I'm also grateful for elucidation beyond the immediate elegance of
> the questions.
>
> Elizabeth Oness
>