![]() Cynthy certainly said by the brook in the wood. They can not resist a little flattery judiciously mixed with poetry. That is the way to talk to women, he soliloquized, as the words of the song dropped from his lips. I would show the bright flowers their queen.' He did not look capable of wrong, this young lover, who sung his love-song so cheerily, neither did he look capable of wicked thoughts. The singer, who was growing impatient, was an exceedingly handsome young man-of not more than twenty-with a face that challenged all criticism-bright, careless, defiant, full of humor, yet with a gleam of poetry-a face that girls and women judge instantly, and always like. 'Beyond the sun, woman's beauty and woman's love are of small account ' yet here-ah, when will she come? Ah, me! the difference between poetry and fact-when I have lain for a century dead, the light footfalls of a fair woman will not awaken me. 'Had it lain for a century dead,' he repeated slowly. Published by Good Press, 4064066235550 Table of ContentsĪ rich musical voice trolled out the words, not once, but many times over-carelessly at first, and then the full sense of them seemed to strike the singer.
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