Predestined: A Novel of New York Life"The effect of the series of women in his life on a would-be author's career." Cf. Hanna, A. Mirror for the nation |
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Page 35 - WELL I found you in the twilit garden, Laid a lover's hand upon your shoulder, And we both were made aware of loving Past the reach of reason to unravel Or the much desiring heart to follow. THERE we heard the breath among the grasses And the gurgle of soft-running water, Well contented with the spacious starlight, The cool wind's touch and the deep blue distance, Till the dawn came in with golden sandals.
Page 273 - The novel thus understood, thus condensed into one or two pages, would be a communion of thought between a magical writer and an ideal reader, a spiritual collaboration by consent between ten superior persons scattered .through the universe, a delectation offered to the most refined, and accessible only to them.