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The lines of each face, however distorted by pain, would have been, in rest, absolutely beautiful; and the whole of the execution bore witness to the fact that upon this original beauty the painter had directed the artillery of anguish to bring down the sky soaring heights of its divinity to the level of a hated existence. THE LINES OF EACH FACE HOWEVER DISTORTED BY PAIN WOULD HAVE BEEN IN REST ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL AND THE WHOLE OF THE EXECUTION BORE WITNESS TO THE FACT THAT UPON THIS ORIGINAL BEAUTY THE PAINTER HAD DIRECTED THE ARTILLERY OF ANGUISH TO BRING DOWN THE SKY SOARING HEIGHTS OF ITS DIVINITY TO THE LEVEL OF A HATED EXISTENCE
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. 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 return to his couch, and, well satisfied, fall asleep to dream yet further embodiments of human ill. What wrong could man or mankind have done him, to be thus fearfully pursued by the vengeance of the artist’s hate? Another characteristic of the faces and form which he drew was, that they were all beautiful in the original idea. T 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 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 RETURN TO HIS COUCH AND WELL SATISFIED FALL ASLEEP TO DREAM YET FURTHER EMBODIMENTS OF HUMAN ILL WHAT WRONG COULD MAN OR MANKIND HAVE DONE HIM TO BE THUS FEARFULLY PURSUED BY THE VENGEANCE OF THE ARTIST'S HATE ANOTHER CHARACTERISTIC OF THE FACES AND FORM WHICH HE DREW WAS THAT THEY WERE ALL BEAUTIFUL IN THE ORIGINAL IDEA
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