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Apprehended, the world survives as trace elements in the mind’s experience, in turn refined into concept and ideal, until all images fall away and the spirit frees itself. Crystalline, elusive, his poetry frustrates our tendency to consume form and meaning whole, without first appreciating the subtleties binding them more closely together. The book is illustrated by Irving Petling, who contributed five pastels for the cover and inserts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFouad Gabriel Naffah, one of the greatest Lebanese francophone poets, wrote two masterpieces: \u003cem\u003eLa description de l’homme, du cadre et de la lyre\u003c\/em\u003e (1963), and \u003cem\u003eL'Esprit-Dieu ou Les biens de l'azote\u003c\/em\u003e (1966). The latter was his only book to appear in English. 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