[7] [7] TO MY FRIEND AND TEACHER ANNA J. HAMILTON [8] [8] 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. 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. [9] [9] CONTENTS (Suggested by a Fra Angelico Angel.) (From the picture by Botticelli.) (From the picture in Dürer's series on "The Life of the Virgin") (From the Madonna of the Magnificat.) (From the Madonna of the Pomegranate.) (From the Madonna of the Rose Garden.) (From Botticelli's painting, in the Borghese Gallery, of the Madonna and Child with Angels.)