102 THE LIME. 



too, how beautifully is suggested to us the value 

 and excellence of deciduous things, for were all 

 mantles to remain for ever, how much should we 

 remain unconscious of! Light and summer, that 

 reveal so much, hide even more. Darkness, that we 

 think so dreadful, takes us away from earth to the 

 heavenly lamps, and that which till now was silent, 

 begins to speak. 



