Let Us Follow Him: And Other StoriesR.F. Fenno, 1897 - 241 páginas |
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Alexandria Anaheim answered Anthea artist beautiful became began birds blue breast breath breeze bright Burek cacti Cæsarea Cahuillas Caius ceased Cinna circus covered cried cross crowd crowded house cuckoo dark dead death deep dost thou earth Ellora cave eyes face father fear feeling feet felt FENNO & COMPANY filled flowers forest girl gloomy golden hand happiness head heard heart heaven Hecate Hirsch horse John Kamionka Kasya Krishna leaves light lips litter live looked Lord lotus maiden Mariposa Meanwhile morning Nazarene night Ouida pale peace pearly shells perhaps pine pistachio quiet R. F. FENNO rocks Roman rosy says seated seemed Serapeum side silence sing Sister Sister of Mercy Slav sleep soldiers soul speak spoke squatter stood strange stream studio suddenly sweet thee thought Timon trees trembling truth Valmiki voice whip whole wild wings woods
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Página 124 - For a joy to men on earth, therefore, let it bo so. Lotus, transform thyself into a living maiden, and stand before me." Then the water vibrated tenderly, as if touched by the wing of a swallow, the night became clearer, the moon beamed brighter, stronger trilled the note of the nightingale, followed by a deep silence, and the miracle was done. There before Krishna stood the lotus in human form divine. The god himself was astonished. " Thou wert a flower of the lake," he said; " be now a flower of...
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Página 125 - Thou hast told me to be an embodiment of the lotus, therefore I have preserved my former nature; and now I fear, Lord, the earth and all there is thereon. Where wilt thou command me to abide?" Krishna lifted his wise eyes to the stars, mused awhile, then said: " Do you wish to dwell on the mountain-tops?" " Snow and cold are there; I fear them." " Then I will build thee a crystal palace in the clear depths of the lake.
Página 128 - ... Radiant as a summer day, quiet as a wave of the Ganges, the maiden was entering into her appointed dwelling-place; but suddenly, as she was looking into the heart of Valmiki, her face paled, and as a chilling wind a great fear enveloped her, and Krishna wondered. "Embodied flower," questioned he, "dost thou fear even the heart of the poet?" "Lord," answered the maiden, "where dost thou command me to dwell? Behold in this one heart I see the snowy mountain-tops, the watery depths full of wondrous...