Leaflets of Memory (Volume 11) - Softcover

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1855. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... THE ARTIST'S LOVE. BY THE HON. MBS. HORTOX. * 6 f 1THERE, haunting dream of beauty, I have faintly JL realized thee at last! The changeful glow of thy cheek--the burning light of thy seraph-eyes--thy sudden smile, which dies away so slowly, trembling round those curved and crimson lips--these no art can copy; they must still haunt me through the restless night, and come with shadowy truth between me and the noonday sun. But what my art can give, I have given; and should I die this hour, I leave the world a faithful though imperfect portraiture of that which living, was my first--last dream of love." So spoke the young artist Ludovic, as he gazed on an unfinished sketch; and the passionate melody of his voice, low and murmuring as were its sweet Italian accents, thrilled to the heart of a young girl who knelt at a little distance from him, sorting and arranging the colors which he desired to employ. He marked her not: accustomed day by day to pursue his labors, and indulge his reveries in her presence, from the time he had first taken lodgings in her father's house; habituated to see her perform such slight services as that in which she was engaged, and to repay her, when the task was ended, with a grateful smile and a few courteous words, it was to him as though he had been alone; and he spoke aloud, as he was wont to do when under the influence of deep emotion. At length, flinging down his pencils, he exclaimed, "That will do, Lisa; my hand is numbed--my head burns; I have painted since sunrise: I will go forth and refresh myself on the bosom of the Arno, as soon as I have washed these mingled tints from my hands." "It is well, signor;" replied the girl in a submissive quiet tone, without lifting her long jet lashes from her cheek; but when he had disappeared i...

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