The Dancimg Imps of the Wine; Or, Stories And Fables
The book The Dancimg Imps of the Wine; Or, Stories And Fables was written by author Angelo, Fl. 1880-1881. [from Old Catalog] Here you can read free online of The Dancimg Imps of the Wine; Or, Stories And Fables book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Dancimg Imps of the Wine; Or, Stories And Fables a good or bad book?
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You who are lifeless, except when the sun lends you his beams. Then, in borrowed glory, you glitter with false lustre, and shower radiance around you, as if it were all your own. Go back to earth again! Here the gay swimmers of the deep can match you, with their net- work of gold and silver lacings!" The Diamond, with flashing eyes, thus re- torted : — "Not desire, but accident, makes me yom- unwilling guest. If I am queen of jewels, upon the earth, down in your liquid home I expect not homage ...from so dull and opaque a tiling as yourself. The waves may dash around you forever, and never make your features bright and clear! Your round body, even with the sun's rays flashing full upon it, would never emit a spark of fire! Clouded 170 THE PEARL AND THE DIAMOND. and dim, your eye has no lustre ; and it is well that the sparkling waters hide you beneath their waves. I dwell in the palace, amid the halls of revelry and life. I dance on the brow of beauty. I zone like a girdle of sparkling fu*e a fair lady's form.
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