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Circuit II - (15) (Epilogue) The Pedigree of Honey (J-1627) (F-1650) Listen to the spangle-jangle of Bamboo Chimes (wav 300K)

(1) The pedigree of honey     Does not concern the bee, (2) Nor lineage of ecstasy     Delay the butterfly (3) On spangled journeys to the peak     Of some perceiveless thing — (4) The right of way to Tripoli     A more essential thing. (Below: an original manuscript version without editing or imposed lineation.) (1) The pedigree    of Honey  Does not con – cern the Bee, (2) Nor lineage   of Ecstasy Delay the Butterfly (3) On spangled   journeys to the peak Of some per –  ceiveless Thing – (4) The right of   way to Tripoli A more essentiol thing – ~ Emily Dickinson Slideshow ~ Devotion!

Commentary adapted from Emily Dickinson's Poems & Letters

(1-2) "The founders of honey have no names." ~ (L #468)

(1-2) "By such and such an offering to Mr. So and So, the web of life is woven." ~ (J-0038) (F-0047) (Biblical Ref: Ruth 4:1-8)

(1-3) "He was not ambitious for redemption — that was why it is his. "To him that hath, shall be given." ~ (L #551) (biblical ref. Matthew 13:12)

(1-4) "[A]ffection — not intellect, as is supposed, — the exaltation of devotion." ~ (L #691)

(2) "We should not mind so small a flower except it quiet bring our little garden that we lost back to the lawn again." ~ (J-0081) (F-0092)

(3) "Behold! said the Apostle, yet had not seen." ~ (J-1681) (F-1694) (Biblical ref. John 20:24-29)

(3) Enclosed please find my gratitude. You remember the imperceptible has no external Face." ~ (L #391)

(3-4) "Meek at [the Alps'] everlasting feet a myriad daisy play — which, Sir, are you, and which am I upon an August day?" ~ (J-0124) (F-0108)

(3-4) "Please tell him the 'Madonnas' I see, are those that pass the house to their work, carrying Saviors with them." ~ (L #460)

(3-4) "My barefoot rank is better." ~ (L #265)

(1-4) Come slowly — Eden!       Lips unused to Thee — Bashful — sip thy Jessamines — As the fainting Bee — Reaching late his flower, Round her chamber hums — Counts his nectars — Enters — and is lost in Balms. ~ (J-0211) (F-0205)

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