1. The letter arrived from the August Presence;

    I began with awe and veneration.

  2. I stood erect, and my head longed

    to take the place of my feet.

  3. I kissed it—as though a perfumer’s musk pod

    had steeped the resting place of my veil in its fragrance.

  4. I broke its seal, as though I were drawing forth from

    its lines the treasure hidden within flower-calyxes.

  5. A thousand blessings upon the hand that penned it,

    and a thousand greetings to the man who sent it.

Sol 5.6