. The bird. Birds. 188 STORM AND WINTER. PuA'ence ? There, sheltered behind a I'oek, thou shalt find, I assure thee, an Asiatic or Afiican winter. The gorge of Ollioules is worth all the valleys of Syria. "No; I must^depart. Others may tarry; for they have only to gain the East. But me, my cradle summons me: I must see again that glowing heaven, those luminous and sumptuous ruins where my ancestors lived and sang ; I must plant my foot once more on my earliest love, the rose of Asia; I must bathe mj^self in the sunshine. There is the mystery of life, there quickens the flame in which my s
. The bird. Birds. 188 STORM AND WINTER. PuA'ence ? There, sheltered behind a I'oek, thou shalt find, I assure thee, an Asiatic or Afiican winter. The gorge of Ollioules is worth all the valleys of Syria. "No; I must^depart. Others may tarry; for they have only to gain the East. But me, my cradle summons me: I must see again that glowing heaven, those luminous and sumptuous ruins where my ancestors lived and sang ; I must plant my foot once more on my earliest love, the rose of Asia; I must bathe mj^self in the sunshine. There is the mystery of life, there quickens the flame in which my song shall be renewed ; my voice, my muse is the ; Thus, then, he takes wing; but I think his heart must throb as he draws near the Alps, Avhen their snowy peaks announce his. ^5 ^---v. approach to the terror-haunted gate on whose rocks are posted the cruel children of day and night, the vulture, the eagle—all the hooked and talon-armed robbers, athirst for the warm blood of life—the accursed species which inspire the senseless poetry of man—some, nohle murderers, which bleed quickly and drain the flowing tide ; others, ignoble murderers, which choke and destroy ;—in a word, all the hideous forms of murder and death. I imagine to myself, then, that the poor little musician whose voice is silenced—not his ingegno, nor his delicate thought—having. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Michelet, Jules, 1798-1874; Giacomelli, Hector, 1822-1904. London ; New York : T. Nelson
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