Personal sketches of recent authors . ttle room, or wandered away into the deepwoods, with one ot his lavorite iriends in his pocket,his delight was greater than the society ot kinds could c^ v* * ^^ have tMven him. The wine of new thought exhila- V* *T* rated him, the glamour of imagination colored every V* v^ * event ; the sweet, sad music of his poet friends setthe rhythm of his life. His thought, no doubt, waslike that of another: Those .ire my friends, loved tor so 1 lemenibei \\hen loved ever in no stress ^iiiii to smiles oft-ti
Personal sketches of recent authors . ttle room, or wandered away into the deepwoods, with one ot his lavorite iriends in his pocket,his delight was greater than the society ot kinds could c^ v* * ^^ have tMven him. The wine of new thought exhila- V* *T* rated him, the glamour of imagination colored every V* v^ * event ; the sweet, sad music of his poet friends setthe rhythm of his life. His thought, no doubt, waslike that of another: Those .ire my friends, loved tor so 1 lemenibei \\hen loved ever in no stress ^iiiii to smiles oft-times my bitter drawing me to ever-widening ^ oer .1 narrow 1 be poor with Shakespeare in my at my board all whom my soul reveres?\Vho would leave Homers side to sup with kings,Or for the ehambers of the qreat ?\\it!i Milton or with Shelley shall I partTo ehat with little men on common things,Or seek for power in a degenerate show to babbling fools a wounded heart?. LOUISA MAY ALCOTT.
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