"Fair are others; none beholds thee,
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And all feel, yet see thee never." [48]
Beauty is felt. That is the clue to the secret. The appeal of natural beauty is to the heart, to the emotions, not to the intellect. The eyes of the wisest savant may miss what Nature will reveal to the veriest babe. This is what Mr Edward Carpenter means when he says, albeit in somewhat extravagant language—
"As to you, O Moon—
I know very well that when the astronomers look at you through their telescopes they see only an aged and wrinkled body;
But though they measure your wrinkles never so carefully they do not see you personal and close—
As you disclosed yourself among the chimney-tops last night to the eyes of a child—
When you thought no one else was looking.