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Then he would rise, light his lamp, and, with rapid hand, make notes of his visions; recording, with swift successive sweeps of his pencil, every individual face which had rejoiced his evil fancy. THEN HE WOULD RISE LIGHT HIS LAMP AND WITH RAPID HAND MAKE NOTES OF HIS VISIONS RECORDING WITH SWIFT SUCCESSIVE SWEEPS OF HIS PENCIL EVERY INDIVIDUAL FACE WHICH HAD REJOICED HIS EVIL FANCY
licht had, in fact, fallen in love with her before ever he saw her? It was thus-- Her father was a painter. Belonging thus to the public, it had taken the liberty of re-naming him. Every one called him Teufelsbürst, or Devilsbrush. It was a name with which, to judge from the nature of his representations, he could hardly fail to be pleased. For, not as a nightmare dream, which may alternate with the loveliest visions, but as his ordinary everyday work, he delighted to represent human suffering. Not an aspect of human woe or torture, as expressed in countenance or limb, came before his willing imagination, but he bore it straightway to his easel. In the moments that precede sleep, when the black space before the eyes of the poet teems with lovely faces, or dawns into a spirit-landscape, face after face of suffering, in all varieties of expression, would crowd, as if compelled by the accompanying fiends, to present themselves, in awful levee, before the inner eye of the expectant master. ALL HOW WAS IT THAT KARL WOLKENLICHT HAD IN FACT FALLEN IN LOVE WITH HER BEFORE HE EVER SAW HER IT WAS THUS HER FATHER WAS A PAINTER BELONGING THUS TO THE PUBLIC IT HAD TAKEN THE LIBERTY OF RENAMING HIM EVERY ONE CALLED HIM TEUFELSBUERST OR DEVILSBRUSH IT WAS A NAME WITH WHICH TO JUDGE FROM THE NATURE OF HIS REPRESENTATIONS HE COULD HARDLY FAIL TO BE PLEASED FOR NOT AS A NIGHTMARE DREAM WHICH MAY ALTERNATE WITH THE LOVELIEST VISIONS BUT AS HIS ORDINARY EVERY DAY WORK HE DELIGHTED TO REPRESENT HUMAN SUFFERING NOT AN ASPECT OF HUMAN WOE OR TORTURE AS EXPRESSED IN COUNTENANCE OR LIMB CAME BEFORE HIS WILLING IMAGINATION BUT HE BORE IT STRAIGHTWAY TO HIS EASEL IN THE MOMENTS THAT PRECEDE SLEEP WHEN THE BLACK SPACE BEFORE THE EYES OF THE POET TEEMS WITH LOVELY FACES OR DAWNS INTO A SPIRIT LANDSCAPE FACE AFTER FACE OF SUFFERING IN ALL VARIETIES OF EXPRESSION WOULD CROWD AS IF COMPELLED BY THE ACCOMPANYING FIENDS TO PRESENT THEMSELVES IN AWFUL LEVEE BEFORE THE INNER EYE OF THE EXPECTANT MASTER
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