to value them far morehighly than the transitory Art of the day thatwill perish with it, as we learn to love Shake-speare and Beethoven. Nor do we merely feel these essencesFor one short hour; no, even as the treesThat whisper round a temple become soonDear as the temples self, so does the moon,The…
Art · Decoration and ornament · Aesthetics
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