the tangible and numerable petals, so the spirit perceives that its
fleshy vesture is not a thing apart, to be donned or doffed at will, to b
e contemned or left out of regards, but indeed at integral and
inseparable portion of itself; for

In the very woof and warp of flesh, sprit is immanent and enmeshed.
Indeed--though in a mystic sense--

Vesture and wearer are mutually one. And yet

Love ever essays the task of seeking out the psychic wearer beneath the
corporeal vesture--often with plaintive strife.

When seeker and sought make a mutual search--the starkest strife is
condoned. But alack!

The mystic unity of the human soul is never wholly divulged--not even to
love--not even to love.

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VIII. On Courtship

"Un amant fait la court ou s'attache son coeur".
--Moliere