Produced by David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Kentuckiana Digital Library) THE ANGEL OF THOUGHT THE ANGEL OF THOUGHT and Other Poems _Impressions from Old Masters_ ETHEL ALLEN MURPHY BOSTON RICHARD G. BADGER The Gorham Press 1909 _Copyright 1908, by Ethel Allen Murphy_ _All Rights Reserved_ _The Gorham Press, Boston, U.S.A._ TO MY FRIEND AND TEACHER ANNA J. HAMILTON The writer wishes to express her gratitude to the Art Department of the Indiana University, whose kindness in lending the pictures which suggested the verses, and whose mission in opening some of their meanings to her spirit, have helped to make possible this little book. _CONTENTS_ _The Angel of Thought_ 13 (_Suggested by a Fra Angelico Angel._) _Annunciation--Sonnet I_ 15 _Annunciation--Sonnet II_ 17 (_From the picture by Botticelli._) _The Visitation_ 19 (_From the picture in Duerer's series on "The Life of the Virgin"_) _A Botticelli Madonna._ _I. The Wondering Angels_ 21 (_From the Madonna of the Magnificat._) _II. The Mournful Mother_ 23 (_From the Madonna of the Pomegranate._) _III. The Loving Christ_ 25 (_From the Madonna of the Rose Garden._) _The Angel of the Jasmine Wreath_ 27 (_From Botticelli's painting, in the Borghese Gallery, of the Madonna and Child with Angels._) _A Prayer for the Followers of Ideal Beauty_ 29 (_With a pencil sketch of an angel, by Botticelli._) _ILLUSTRATIONS_ 1. _Angel--"Te Deum Laudamus," by Fra Angelico._ 12 2. _"The Annunciation"--by Botticelli._ 14 3. _"The Visitation" (From the picture in the series on "The Life of the Virgin,") by Duerer._ 18 4. _"The Madonna of the Magnificat"--by Botticelli._ 20 5. _"The Madonna of the Pomegranate"--by Botticelli._ 22 6. _"The Madonna of the Rose Garden"--by Botticelli._ 24 7. _The Angel Crowned with a Jasmine Wreath--by Botticelli._ 26 8. _Pencil Sketch of an Angel--by Botticelli_. 28 [Illustration: _Te Deum Laudamus by Fra Angelico_] THE ANGEL OF THOUGHT (_Suggested by a Fra Angelico Angel_)