Amiel's Journal: The Journal Intimé of Henri Frédéric Amiel, Tr., with an Introducion and Notes |
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Page 60
... hands ; weave round me once more your immortal spells ; sing your siren melodies , make me drink of the cup of immortality , lead me back to the Olympus of the soul . Or rather , no paganism ! God of joy and of grief , do with me what ...
... hands ; weave round me once more your immortal spells ; sing your siren melodies , make me drink of the cup of immortality , lead me back to the Olympus of the soul . Or rather , no paganism ! God of joy and of grief , do with me what ...
Page 66
... hand , to prolong the existence of our vulture , to throw into the furnace of our punishment and expiation , our powers , our qualities , our very virtues , one by one , and so forces us to recognize our nothingness , our dependence and ...
... hand , to prolong the existence of our vulture , to throw into the furnace of our punishment and expiation , our powers , our qualities , our very virtues , one by one , and so forces us to recognize our nothingness , our dependence and ...
Page 75
... hand , a spirit of tragic irony paints for you the mad tumult of existence as it dances forever above the threatening abyss of the infinite . No more unity , no more satisfaction , no more serenity ! We are spectators of the eternal ...
... hand , a spirit of tragic irony paints for you the mad tumult of existence as it dances forever above the threatening abyss of the infinite . No more unity , no more satisfaction , no more serenity ! We are spectators of the eternal ...
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