Poet Lore (Volume 12 ).cHermann Sudermann
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1900 Excerpt: ... THE LETTERS TO SADIE. He had smiled when his friend cried out that the letters were the best things that he had ever done, smiled wearily as a man worn old in the bitter discouragements of fault finding in those of indifference, and in those most feared, of light praise too high. The merit in these scraps he saw clearly, for he knew his heart and soul, his highest self had given life, glowing, cheery life, to the words. But there was no plot, he protested: "A mere prose idyl of the dreaming poetaster, love letters to a maiden of fancy--passionate, murmuring, pleading, domineering--there is no art, no life in them." The loving smile of his friend threw a light on him; he knew that what he was saying was not the truth. In a flash he saw that there was a plot--a "story "--that there was art--poetry--that there was character and life, his character and all his toiling life of pain in those letters. He looked back over that life. The farm scene leaped up before his eyes. He saw the little orchard, the girl in blue gingham, the eyes--gray eyes that thrilled him now; he watched the quivering lips that essayed to flout the country boy. Now he could see rising, spreading, the cloud that had frightened them away, hand in hand, running silently to the barn. Then he watched the bashful group of children at a party, and remembered the long walk home by her side. A day of joy beamed out on him--a St. Valentine's day. They had been talking, really talking, seated on the porch steps of a vacant house in town, and rising, they had turned--as tho' ruled that moment by an unknown power--had turned, and each had kissed the other. Mutely they parted. Not until last winter had he written the poem of that St. Valentine's day. It was twenty bitter years that he looked over to gaze...
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Author: Hermann Sudermann
Number of Pages: 200 pages
Published Date: 08 Feb 2012
Publisher: General Books
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
Type: PDF
ISBN: 9781235818448
File size: 14 Mb
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Author: Hermann Sudermann
Number of Pages: 200 pages
Published Date: 08 Feb 2012
Publisher: General Books
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
Type: PDF
ISBN: 9781235818448
File size: 14 Mb
File Name: Poet.Lore.(Volume.12.).pdf
Download Link: Poet Lore (Volume 12 )
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1900 Excerpt: ... THE LETTERS TO SADIE. He had smiled when his friend cried out that the letters were the best things that he had ever done, smiled wearily as a man worn old in the bitter discouragements of fault finding in those of indifference, and in those most feared, of light praise too high. The merit in these scraps he saw clearly, for he knew his heart and soul, his highest self had given life, glowing, cheery life, to the words. But there was no plot, he protested: "A mere prose idyl of the dreaming poetaster, love letters to a maiden of fancy--passionate, murmuring, pleading, domineering--there is no art, no life in them." The loving smile of his friend threw a light on him; he knew that what he was saying was not the truth. In a flash he saw that there was a plot--a "story "--that there was art--poetry--that there was character and life, his character and all his toiling life of pain in those letters. He looked back over that life. The farm scene leaped up before his eyes. He saw the little orchard, the girl in blue gingham, the eyes--gray eyes that thrilled him now; he watched the quivering lips that essayed to flout the country boy. Now he could see rising, spreading, the cloud that had frightened them away, hand in hand, running silently to the barn. Then he watched the bashful group of children at a party, and remembered the long walk home by her side. A day of joy beamed out on him--a St. Valentine's day. They had been talking, really talking, seated on the porch steps of a vacant house in town, and rising, they had turned--as tho' ruled that moment by an unknown power--had turned, and each had kissed the other. Mutely they parted. Not until last winter had he written the poem of that St. Valentine's day. It was twenty bitter years that he looked over to gaze...
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