The Cords of Vanity
The Cords of Vanity
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So theydied knowing they fought in a bad cause, but rapt with that joy theyhad in remembering the desire of the world and her perfect loveliness. She scarcely knew that I existed; but I had loved her; I had overheardsome laughing words of hers in passing, and I treasured them as mentreasure gold. Or she had spoken, perhaps--oh, day of days!--to me, ina low, courteous voice that came straight from the back of the throatand blundered very deliciously over the perplexities of our alienspeech. I re...membered--even as a boy, I remembered. " She cast back her head and laughed merrily. "I reckon, " said she, "youare still a boy, or else you are the most amusing lunatic I ever met. " "No, " I murmured, and I was not altogether playacting now, "that taleabout Polyxo was a pure invention. Helen--and the gods be praised forit!--can never die. For it is hers to perpetuate that sense ofunattainable beauty which never dies, which sways us just as potentlyas it did Homer, and Dr. Faustus, and the Merovingians too, I suppose, with memories of that unknown woman who, when we were boys, was verycertainly some day, to be our mate.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
So theydied knowing they fought in a bad cause, but rapt with that joy theyhad in remembering the desire of the world and her perfect loveliness. She scarcely knew that I existed; but I had loved her; I had overheardsome laughing words of hers in passing, and I treasured them as mentreasure gold. Or she had spoken, perhaps--oh, day of days!--to me, ina low, courteous voice that came straight from the back of the throatand blundered very deliciously over the perplexities of our alienspeech. I re...membered--even as a boy, I remembered. " She cast back her head and laughed merrily. "I reckon, " said she, "youare still a boy, or else you are the most amusing lunatic I ever met. " "No, " I murmured, and I was not altogether playacting now, "that taleabout Polyxo was a pure invention. Helen--and the gods be praised forit!--can never die. For it is hers to perpetuate that sense ofunattainable beauty which never dies, which sways us just as potentlyas it did Homer, and Dr. Faustus, and the Merovingians too, I suppose, with memories of that unknown woman who, when we were boys, was verycertainly some day, to be our mate.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Cabell James Branch to read onlineMoreLess
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