" The opening sentence of a book by this author calls that character "a dawn unto his own day" and "the chosen and (*) beloved.
A work by this author ends with the protagonist standing among "rocks and the white cypress-trees hidden from all things" and offering to become one with the mist. One of this author's characters notes that "the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow" in a speech that defines love as "a moving sea between the shores of your souls." The opening sentence of a book by this author calls that character "a dawn unto his own day" and "the chosen and (*) beloved." The sequel to this author's best-known work is framed as a conversation between the title character and his nine disciples in a garden. A book by this author is set "in the twelfth year, on the seventh day of Ielool." That book defines beauty as "eternity gazing at itself in a mirror," and states that "there are no graves here." The section "The Coming of the Ship" opens a work by this man in which the title character invites Almitra and others from Orphalese to ask him spiritual questions. For 10 points, name this author of The Prophet.
A work by this author ends with the protagonist standing among "rocks and the white cypress-trees hidden from all things" and offering to become one with the mist.
Kahlil  Gibran