OLD-FASHIONED FLOWERS 



zling presence; he also hoped prob- 

 ably unwisely, so deep and confused 

 is that mystery he also hoped, by 

 dint of questioning them, to surprise, 

 with their aid, I know not what secret 

 law or idea of nature, I know not what 

 private thought of the universe, which 

 perhaps betrays itself in those ardent 

 moments in which it strives to please 

 other beings, to beguile other lives and 

 to create beauty. 



