In Dante, the reappearance of the eyes signifies Dante's meeting with Beatrice, a moment of "hope" (see line 66).
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In HEART OF DARKNESS, Marlow's meeting with Kurtz's fiancee is invested by Conrad with a tone and feeling which is momentous and spiritually significant, with a similar emphasis upon a woman's eyes:
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"The room seemed to have grown darker, as if all the sad light of the cloudy evening had taken refuge on her forehead. This fair hair, this pale visage, this pure brow, seemed surrounded by an ashy halo from which the dark eyes looked out at me. Their glance was guileless, profound, confident, and trustful" (p. 126 in Bantam and p. 153 in Signet Classics editions).