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“…many a fair pearl laid up in the bosom of the sea, that never was seen nor ever shall be.”

“It is good for a man sometimes to hide his graces: some talents are best improved by being laid up: Moses had more glory by his veil than by his face. Christian modesty teaches a wise man, not to expose … Continue reading

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Novalis: “When geometric diagrams and digits are no longer the keys to living things…”

When geometric diagrams and digits Are no longer the keys to living things, When people who go about singing or kissing Know deeper things than the great scholars, When society is returned once more To unimprisoned life, and to the … Continue reading

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Delightful Books . . . Unexpected Gems

• Sainte-Terre, or the White Stone, by Robert Kelly. Woodstock, N.Y.: Shivastan Publishing, 2006. <www.shivastan.com> Printed by Mandala Graphics, Kathmandu. [32 pp] paperback, $10. Edition of 250 copies. Poetry. Albestone, or The White Stone: 1 “And watching / It waits … Continue reading

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“Form”, a poem by Eva Gore-Booth

The buried statue through the marble gleams, Praying for freedom, an unwilling guest, Yet flooding with the light of her strange dreams The hard stone folded round her uncarved breast. Founded in granite, wrapped in serpentine, Light of all life … Continue reading

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