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who beat out the sacred vessels of old altars. 

 The restraint and simplicity of line, and the 

 polished and enduring texture, of the laurel 

 leaf made it the Greek symbol for lasting 

 fame ; and as for the blossom-balls it tosses 

 so lavishly at the feet of June, pink with a 

 hundred crimsons, and roses, and pale morning 

 colours, white in a dozen greys and blues and 

 greens and pearls, these are sights to dream 

 of in long wakeful hours of pain and sorrow, 

 and when storms are abroad in the winter 

 midnights. 



If the old doctrines be true, and I must 

 enter life after life before the final rest comes, 

 I hope that I may be reborn into the Heath 

 family. Others are more distinguished ; others 

 more aristocratic, others more useful, but there 

 is that in this Order that appeals to some inner 

 sense, giving it that rare value which in an 

 individual we call distinction or charm. 

 Cassiope and Andromeda are not more 

 honoured by having their names written high 

 in the polar skies than in the bede-rolls of 

 this family, nor is the daughter of Priam and 

 Hecuba elsewhere more worthily celebrated. 

 It was reward enough for Peter Kalm that 



