“Hyacinths for the Soul”

If, of thy mortal goods, thou art bereft,
And from thy slender store two loaves alone to thee are left, 
Sell one and from the dole, 
Buy Hyacinths to feed the soul
~ 13th Century Persian poet, pen-name “Saadi”

(Thank you Barbara!)

Purple-Hyacinths-in-Snow-II,-Susan-Duke-Waters

#16. Purple Hyacinths II, watercolor.

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