A Room With A View - Forster E.M..pdf - Cove Systems

account of his diminutive stature?"
"The Lord knows. Possibly he does know, for I
refer to Lorenzo the poet. He wrote a line--so I
heard yesterday--which runs like this: 'Don't
go fighting against the Spring.'"
Mr. Eager could not resist the opportunity for
erudition.
"Non fate guerra al Maggio," he murmured.
"'War not with the May' would render a correct
meaning."
"The point is, we have warred with it. Look."
He pointed to the Val d'Arno, which was
visible far below them, through the budding
trees. "Fifty miles of Spring, and we've come
up to admire them. Do you suppose there's any
difference between Spring in nature and
Spring in man? But there we go, praising the
one and condemning the other as improper,
ashamed that the same work eternally through
both."