Crossword-Solution: RIMA 4 letters, 61 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 6

And that reminds me: This, after all, is a foreword to Green Mansions--the romance of the bird-girl Rima--a story actual yet fantastic, which immortalizes, I think, as passionate a love of all beautiful things as ever was in the heart of man.

Without ever departing from its quality of a tale, it symbolizes the yearning of the human soul for the attainment of perfect love and beauty in this life--that impossible perfection which we must all learn to see fall from its high tree and be consumed in the flames, as was Rima the bird-girl, but whose fine white ashes we gather that they may be mingled at last with our own, when we too have been refined by the fire of death’s resignation.

After watching her for some moments, I spoke: “Rima, there must be a good deal of strength in that frame of yours, which looks so delicate; will you raise me up a little?” She went down on one knee and, placing her arms round me, assisted me to a sitting posture.

Feel my forehead, Rima; is it very hot and dry?” She did as I asked, touching me lightly with her little cool hand.

But if I am destined to live and not die, I shall not long remain satisfied with your too simple explanation.” “Rima,” I said, “you must be fatigued; it is thoughtless of me to keep you standing here so long.” Her face brightened a little, and bending down, she replied in a low voice: “I am not fatigued, sir.