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On the side, he has written everything from a detective novel to a celebrated work of mystical thought, The Thirteen Petalled Rose.

From Time Magazine Archive

Love only of all things outstays The drift of petals, the drift of days, Petals of hours, Of white-leafed flowers, Petalled wings of the butterfly, Drifting, quietly drifting by As a breath, a sigh....

From Georgian Poetry 1918-19 by Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir