A Vicious Tumble

It often happens that a man cannot recall at the moment, but can search for what he wants and find it…For this reason some use places for the purposes of recollecting. The reason for this is that men pass rapidly from one step to the next: for instance from milk to white, from white to air, from air to damp; after which one recollects autumn, supposing that one is trying to recollect that season.

One thought, one grace, one wonder at the least
Which unto words no virtue can digest

… la que, en volto comenzando humano,
acaba en mortal fiera,
esfinge bachillera,
que hace hoy a Narciso
escos solicitar, desdenar fuentes…

Those who had the entree entered the private apartments by the mirror-door that gave onto the gallery and was kept shut. It was only opened when one scratched at it, and was closed again immediately.

Heaven in ordinarie, man well drest,
The milkie way, the bird of Paradise,
Church-bels beyond the starres heard, the souls blood,
The land of spices, something understood.

Come, let me see thee sink into a dream
Of quiet thoughts, protracted till thine eye
Be calm as water when the winds are gone
And no one can tell whither.