GR translation: milky panes beam beneficently down

[David Morris]

Yes and yes.  This "hothouse" is a place for joy amidst a gray, bleak winter.

On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
> I assume "beam" is used as a verb here?  As in: to emit beams, as of
> light.  interestingly, it seems to carry a bit of another meaning as
> well: to smile radiantly or happily, especially with the word
> "beneficently" in there.
>
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 9:03 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>> "Milky pane" are cloudy or whitewashed panes of glass, as in a
>> greenhouse.  "Beam" would be a beam of light.
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Mike Jing
>> <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> P7.28-31   Trusswork is pierced by daylight, milky panes beam
>>> beneficently down. How could there be a winter—even this one—gray
>>> enough to age this iron that can sing in the wind, or cloud these
>>> windows that open into another season, however falsely preserved?
>>>
>>> What are these "milky panes"?   And what is the meaning of the word "beam" here?