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Robert Haven Schauffler

Where speech ends; a music maker's romance

Paperback (RareBooksClub.com May 8, 2012)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 Excerpt: ...pierced at curiously regular intervals where the last rich carmine of day glowed through and lay delicate upon the eastward waters as from the clerestory of some majestic cathedral. The beauty of the moment seemed to pledge Franz the inviolability of his dearest dream--seemed a sort of holy preparation for an encounter with a reality lovelier than his illusion. She broke the spell of silence, turning a little toward him. "How can I ever thank you?' she murmured, "it was such a noble, inspired thing that you did for us." His heart leaped up at what his quick ear heard in her tone. "It was nothing," he answered. She stood with her hands clasped lightly behind her, throwing into relief the gracious contour of her breast against the surface of the still shimmering lake. She wore a simple open-necked gown, and Franz fell back a pace to see how regally the little head was set on the broad, generously modelled shoulders. Her dress was moulded to her body by the lake breeze and in the indistinct light she seemed to him like a younger sister of his beloved Winged Victory. And the thought came to him that for once the Supreme Architect had made no mistake and had provided the great heart of Gretchen Auber with a fitting and expressive habitation. Impulsively she turned to him and held out her hand. With her frank, clear eyes she smiled full into his. "I have not yet heard 'Marpessa,' but I know that you must be a poet. No one else would have done what you did--or--or played as you played that day." He held the friendly little hand close and smiled down at her. "Poetry," he said, slowly--"it is my life." His deep tones vibrated through her in the stillness like the tones of an organ. "But," he continued,...
ISBN
1231060247 / 9781231060247
Pages
54
Weight
4.2 oz.
Dimensions
7.4 x 0.1 in.

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