And one said: quot;Speak to us of t ;

    And  one, and tar singing, and ;In your o your deeper self, your ts, like snoter and garment all te silence.

    quot;And  clouds t bud and blossom on tree of your ? And s but tals ter upon ts fields?

    quot;And even as you  for peace until takes form, so s until ts grey desire to little crystal suns and moons and stars.quot;

    ter, spoke and said: quot;But spring ss s and be no more.quot;

    And ;o seek  t and sreams to seek to be to tle-trees and laurel.

    quot;So s melt reams to seek t and carry it to t sea.

    quot;All t and turn into songs  sno fall slo into singing streams.  frozen symmetry  turn into liquid melody? And o tle and the laurel?

    quot;It  yesterday t you  a self. t on  ts. But ter you, and ill ten your parentage, s o her.

    quot;In your ains and t you . And tentimes you  kno is indeed for  and rhmic peace.

    quot;And  be? In grove and in boo treams. join toget; in your gardens o your age, and a claim upon your love.

    quot;It is to t;

    And on a morning as te a  , asking note, but only gazing o the Garden.

    And Almustafa sa steps o te and opened unto her, and she came in and was made welcome.

    And s;oget  live in t of your countenance? For beed urn. And noo beseec you o t of your  t and instruct our foolis;

    And looking upon ;Call me not  am I, still clinging to t erday t I  a blossom.

    quot;And call none among you foolisrutree of life, and life itself is beyond wisdom, and surely beyond foolishness.

    quot;And  t tance save t ance, it becomes a rhe soul.

    quot;t lies bet wween you and your beloved who dwells beyond seven lands and seven seas.

    quot;For in remembrance tances; and only in oblivion is t neither your voice nor your eye can abridge.

    quot;Bet of t mountain t road ravel ere you become one h.

    quot;And betanding t pat needs discover ere you become one h yourself.

    quot;Bet  receives t space. Only by deeming to spacelessness, for it is only in kno you  to give and naugo receive t you can overcome space.

    quot;Verily test distance is t   which is a desire.

    quot;And till anot needs travel ere you become one  of t road I s speak no you are ravelling.quot;

    t forto t-place, and o ts and upon their eyelids.

    And ;You gro in t .

    quot;Oftentimes you t as t, yet in trut is the season of seeking and finding.

    quot;to you teaco become versed in t of receiving; but it is nig leads you to treasure-house of Life.

    quot;teaco all t gro. But it is nig raises to tars.

    quot;It is indeed tillness of t t rees in t, and t and makes ready tial c omorroime.

    t is  and fulfilment. And t daial cing.quot;

    And  for a space, and ting ;You are spirits t burns in though held in lamps.

    quot;If you o you  emptiness, even as to t t so. All t is deato t and cannot be tered, for t  s nor caged. And I also am t;

    And  from t ly and entered again into the Garden.

    And Sarkis, er, spoke and said: quot;And er? You speak never of ugliness.quot;

    And Almustafa ans knock at your door?

    quot;And range tongue of hing?

    quot;Is it not t o reaco er, t you deem ugliness?

    quot;If ugliness is aug is but the wax filling our ears.

    quot;Call nots o;

    And upon a day as t in te poplars, one spoke saying: quot;Master, I am afraid of time. It passes over us and robs us of our yout does it give in return?quot;

    And ;take up no, and t not t turn seeds to forests, and o angels, belong to this very Now.

    quot;And s c, and summer but a recognition of your ofulness. Is not autumn t in you singing a lullaby to t er save sleep big ;

    And tive disciple, looked about s in floo tree. And ;Bees, Master.  say you of teal t from teadfast c runneto t;

    And ;My friend, es. e urn to pulsing life are not above tly from t knohe sod.

    quot;So o t,  and hand?

    quot;Or surn noo th?

    quot;And so ure  off and become a sacrifice for this cause?

    quot;Nay, my friend, all they are asked, and, like your dreams, are fulfilled ere you sleep.

    quot;e live upon one anoto t and timeless. Let us live to sit beside.

    quot;My friends and my brothe wider road is your fellow-man.

    quot;ts t live upon tree dra stillness of nigranquil dreaming sucks at t of the sun.

    quot;And ts in equal  t of the Prince whose door is always open and whose board is always spread.

    quot;Mannus, my friend, all ty of t ;

    And on a morning ogeto t and  in the rising sun.

    And after a ed ;t less tion of life in your soul is not less than life.

    quot;t because it is one , and you reflect life because you and life are one.

    quot; yet born; and ts travail be full upon me, yet so me even as unto the hills.

    quot;ts sp unlike yourself gat of God.

    quot;S once in a t saying: Kno t t of all t;

    And on an evening a great storm visited tafa and   about t.

    t;I am alone, Master, and t .quot;

    And Almustafa rose up and stood in t, and o t ;Alone! And ? You came alone, and alone so t.

    quot;tumn days ter and s, even as they have filled your cup.

    quot;Drink your cup alone t taste of your oears, and praise life for t of t. For  t your  is but t a tide.

    quot;Drink your cup alone, and drink it h cheers.

    quot;Raise it o those who drink alone.

    quot;Once I soug  t-tables and drank deep  t rise to my  floo my bosom. It only descended to my feet. My  dry and my   heir fog.

    quot;And I soug their board.

    quot;to you, t  of it? It is o drink your cup of sorrow alone, and your cup of joy s;

    And on a day, as Pruck  upon a stone and urned and picked up tone, saying in a lo;O dead t; and one.

    And Almustafa, t; t ty of t. You and tone are one. t-beats. Your  beats a little faster, does it, my friend? Ay, but it is not so tranquil.

    quot;Its r I say unto you t if you sound ts of space, you s melody tone and tar sing, t unison.

    quot;If my anding, t be until anotone because in your blindness you umbled upon it, tar if so be your er it in t tones and stars as a c all t.quot;

    And on t day of temple bells soug;Master, ;

    And ood before tree, fearless of empest, and ;t t contains all your s, a love t encompasses all your loves, a spirit t envelops all your spirits, a voice enfolding all your voices, and a silence deeper timeless.

    quot;Seek noo perceive in your selffulness a beauty more encing tiful, a song more vast t, a majesty seated upon t a footstool, re in he glimmer of dewdrops.

    quot;You  al and a staff; seek noo ss.

    quot;And if my  your s may be broken, and t your questionings may bring you unto t ;

    And t, every one, and t; and Almustafa enderness upon t;Let us speak rats t move about your houses and your fields.

    quot;You o t ; and you  sea and claim it to be distance. But I say unto you t o your neiger sea.

    quot;too often do you sing God, te, and yet in trut t you migen to to t forsake t not, my friends, t ted from the branch!

    quot;Again I bid you to speak not so freely of God, and one anoto neigo a god.

    quot;For  anemone in t be her anemone?

    quot;It is only  you seek t you migo your vast selves;  you mighe roads!

    quot;My mariners and my friends, it o speak less of God, and, and more of eacand. Yet I entimes in fruit.quot;