The Germ: Thoughts towards Nature in Poetry, Literature and Art

came a day w

ticed doorway'

ght and many c

her child, wh

gentle face

s were crossed a

e. On them the

ough overhangin

rent leaves, see

Lady's shrine w

e her, like t

eam of white a

m heaven, as a

kened porch, a

tone; and here

ce, stopped up

e-eyed scarlet

sun on Jesu

warm glow to w

grew around th

looking in hi

converse upo

st in thought, w

ed wild bees wh

ress with honey

pe; or drag t

in some leaf

ose; or else

ng woodbine's

wer of sweets t

hazel-covere

reams that fel

anged their wax

ssed, an ass's

vy load, came

m Nazareth by

the sands. And

the colt, wi

oad wearied its

its strength, s

h before a sh

, the ass turned

Jesus: and he

knew too the st

ts shoulders

of that same

d the mother,

the edge of

them, till they

other sitting

came that shad

w when Mary

bered it in d