. The book of months . -/?h ■:. ■s::^:.: THE BOOK OF MONTHS Lords table, and there, after the candles havebeen lit and the worshipper cleansed by the in-cense, is again revealed the Salutaris Hostia—■the sign, outward and visible, of the love throughwhich existence is. Then I crossed the park, and by degrees theunutterable languor of the early spring beganto thaw its way back into me, ^^■hen suddenlyI saw a large tract of grass white with snow-drops that had budded and blossomed in the lastfew dajS. Pointed leaves, with the white lineone knows so well, had first pricked the ground;then the wea
. The book of months . -/?h ■:. ■s::^:.: THE BOOK OF MONTHS Lords table, and there, after the candles havebeen lit and the worshipper cleansed by the in-cense, is again revealed the Salutaris Hostia—■the sign, outward and visible, of the love throughwhich existence is. Then I crossed the park, and by degrees theunutterable languor of the early spring beganto thaw its way back into me, ^^■hen suddenlyI saw a large tract of grass white with snow-drops that had budded and blossomed in the lastfew dajS. Pointed leaves, with the white lineone knows so well, had first pricked the ground;then the weak, soft flower had followed, led up-ward from the buried bulb by the instinct itmust obey, for no purpose—who knows?—but toremind a stupid person or two, like me, that therewere other things in the world besides him. AndI swear to you that as I looked I blushed withshame. To-morrow I shall go and look at themagain, for I am afraid the memory is no longermedicinal. 28 1^
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