“12: O MAN OF TWO VISIONS! Close one eye and open the other. Close one
to...”


O MAN OF TWO VISIONS! Close one eye and open the other. Close one to the
world and all that is therein, and open the other to the hallowed beauty
of the Beloved.



“13: O MY CHILDREN! I fear lest, bereft of the melody of the dove of...”


O MY CHILDREN! I fear lest, bereft of the melody of the dove of heaven, ye
will sink back to the shades of utter loss, and, never having gazed upon
the beauty of the rose, return to water and clay.



“14: O FRIENDS! Abandon not the everlasting beauty for a beauty...”


O FRIENDS! Abandon not the everlasting beauty for a beauty that must die,
and set not your affections on this mortal world of dust.



“15: O SON OF SPIRIT! The time cometh, when the nightingale of