3/12 Lib.") They are beautifully translated by Wiffen.), but the perception of the secret powers of the fountain and the herb,--the Arcana of the unknown nature and the various motions of the stars. His, the holy haunts of Lebanon and Carmel,--beneath his feet he saw the clouds, the snows, the hues of Iris, the generations of the rains and dews. Did the Christian Hermit who converted that Enchanter (no fabulous being, but the type of all spirit that would aspire through Nature up to God) command him to lay aside these sublime studies, 'Le solite arte e l' uso mio'? |