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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1896 edition. Excerpt: ...'neath death's black cloak? And life, ah, life might still be sweet to me O husband, had you been as some have been, We might have lived a length of tranquil days, With love slow moving through its autumn-time To merge in loving friendship, and at last To find the cloistered peace of patient age, Tranquil and passionless, and so have walked Like little children through life's wintry ways To meet what fate the kindly years decreed. Uberto. Alas, the best is ever to be won There is no rose but might have been more red, There is no fruit might not have been more sweet, There is no sight so clear but sadly serves To set the far horizon farther still. Voices are heard on the road back of them. Emilia (aside). Heart of my hearts It is the little one My Gelosetta Will he know the voice? Gelosa (on the road as she goes by ivith Gaspar). Can the rosebud ever know Half how red the rose will grow? Can the May-day ever guess Half the summer's loveliness? Uberto. What voice is that? Emilia. Some wandering village girl. Uberto. No, 't was Gelosa's. Emilia. Would indeed it were Ah, that were joy Alas, 't is but the girl I helped last winter, one the plague cast out With other Florentines. Aside.) Would I could see Uberto. Come back again to drain our meagre purse Ay, there 's the man, --a woman and a man. A man's voice sings. 'T is better to guess than to see, T is better to dream than to be. The best of life's loving Is lost in the proving, 'T is better to dream than to be. The joy of love's sweetness Is lost with completeness, 'T is better to dream than to be. Emilia. A pair of lovers She has found her mate. Uberto. Already doth your cynic lover sing The death and funeral of love and trust. Thrice happy these with wingless instincts born....
| ISBN-13 | 9781150812385 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1150812389 |
| Weight | 0.78 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.54 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 238 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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