A bit ahead of things, here. The staff of Your Inner Rhino will be absent on February 14, so We are posting this today. If you prefer everything shipshape, don’t look at it until Sunday.
Near the end of Book VIII of Paradise Lost, Milton has Raphael reply to Adam’s pointed inquiry about how angels express L’amour: “To whom the angel with a smile that glowed celestial rosy red, love’s proper hue, answered.” Well, he cavilled, basically. His Valentine’s Message was not Be Mine, but Be Good. But Rhino’s cheeks are just the colour that Milton meant, I’m sure.
Near the end of Book VIII of Paradise Lost, Milton has Raphael reply to Adam’s pointed inquiry about how angels express L’amour: “To whom the angel with a smile that glowed celestial rosy red, love’s proper hue, answered.” Well, he cavilled, basically. His Valentine’s Message was not Be Mine, but Be Good. But Rhino’s cheeks are just the colour that Milton meant, I’m sure.
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