Chapter 13 No.13

"There is an old belief that in the embers

Of all things, their primordial form exists;

And cunning Alchemists could recreate

The rose, with all its members,

From its own ashes-but without the bloom,

Without the least perfume.

Ah me! what wonder-working, occult science

Can from the ashes of our hearts

Once more the rose of y