Vistas, the Gypsy Christ
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9780217629966
Paperback|9780217629966
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE BIRTH OF A SOUL A bedroom, austerely furnished, in an old city of Flanders. To the left, a Spanish throne, as such beds are called ? heavy with sombre woodwork and huge all-length canopy; with tall, dark, thick curtains at the top and at the bottom; and approached by three low wooden steps belonging to and running the whole length of the bed. In the bed a woman, about to give birth to a child. Kneeling at a chair betwixt the head of the bed and the bare table with dull green cloth, on which is a low-shaded reading lamp, is a man, the father of the unborn child. To his left, a Sister of Mercy, also kneeling, but at the lowest of the three steps of the bed. To his right, kneeling at a chair near the table, a priest. The door of the room, to the right behind the bed, conspicuous by its black-oak panelling. At the opposite side of the room from the bed: to the right, a tall, fantastically carved black-oak clock, with clay-white face, with hands broken and dangling this way and that: beyond it, to the left, in a deep-set recess, an old Flemish window.] THE PRIEST Kneeling at a chair, praying aloud.'] OGod, may the child that cometh unto us from Thee be blessed by Thee to purity and strength. May he come as a scourge to the wrong-doer, as a message of peace to the righteous. THE MAN Kneeling at a chair near the head of the bed, praying silently.'] O God, may the child that is to be born to us not be a man-child. Already, already, O God, the curse that is within me has descended into the third generation. THE PRIEST Praying aloud.] And if the child be a woman-child, O Lord, may she be a lamp of light in dark places, a godly presence among the evil. THE WOMAN Praying in the silence.] O God, may the child that is within me not be a woman-child, so that...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217629966 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217629962 |
| Weight | 0.68 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.47 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 204 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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