Alton Locke, Tailor And Poet
Alton Locke, Tailor And Poet
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We entered the gallery. I was in a fever of expectation.
The rich sombre light of the rooms, the rich heavy warmth of thestove-heated air, the brilliant and varied colouring and gilded frameswhich embroidered the walls, the hushed earnestness of a few artists, who were copying, and the few visitors who were lounging from picture topicture, struck me at once with mysterious awe. But my attention was in amoment concentrated on one figure opposite to me at the furthest end. Ihurried straight towar...ds it. When I had got half-way up the gallery Ilooked round for my cousin. He had turned aside to some picture of a Venuswhich caught my eye also, but which, I remember now, only raised in me thena shudder and a blush, and a fancy that the clergymen must be really asbad as my mother had taught me to believe, if they could allow in theirgalleries pictures of undressed women. I have learnt to view such thingsdifferently now, thank God. I have learnt that to the pure all things arepure. I have learnt the meaning of that great saying--the foundation of allart, as well as all modesty, all love, which tells us how "the man and hiswife were both naked, and not ashamed.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
We entered the gallery. I was in a fever of expectation.
The rich sombre light of the rooms, the rich heavy warmth of thestove-heated air, the brilliant and varied colouring and gilded frameswhich embroidered the walls, the hushed earnestness of a few artists, who were copying, and the few visitors who were lounging from picture topicture, struck me at once with mysterious awe. But my attention was in amoment concentrated on one figure opposite to me at the furthest end. Ihurried straight towar...ds it. When I had got half-way up the gallery Ilooked round for my cousin. He had turned aside to some picture of a Venuswhich caught my eye also, but which, I remember now, only raised in me thena shudder and a blush, and a fancy that the clergymen must be really asbad as my mother had taught me to believe, if they could allow in theirgalleries pictures of undressed women. I have learnt to view such thingsdifferently now, thank God. I have learnt that to the pure all things arepure. I have learnt the meaning of that great saying--the foundation of allart, as well as all modesty, all love, which tells us how "the man and hiswife were both naked, and not ashamed.
What to read after Alton Locke, Tailor And Poet?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Kingsley Charles to read onlineMoreLess
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