Original poem by William Norman Guthrie 1898. The paper is very fragile and tearing on the folds. Guthrie was a poet, author, teacher and minister. From 1911 to 1937 he was rector at St. Marks in the Bouwerie in NYC and he had pagan ritescelebrated there. "Of Nature's Art Geometric, O crystal, than master -work, - Quiet born, for a bettle with sunshine, Against shadows that cravenly look..."

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