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—Ah! you know how I used to talk—poor fool, poor lover of coloured shadows!" AH YOU KNOW HOW I USED TO TALK POOR FOOL POOR LOVER OF COLORED SHADOWS
atrice's voice said,— "I heard you, Antony—and loved you for it." So Antony had found the heart of a father when no longer he had a child. CHAPTER XVIII THE SECOND TALK ON THE HILLS "But to think," said Antony presently, in answer to Beatrice's soothing hand, "to think that I might have lived with a child—and I chose instead to live with words. In all the mysterious ways of man, is there anything quite so mysterious as that? Poor dream-led fool, poor lover of coloured shadows! "And yet, how proud I was of the madness! How I loved to say that words were more beautiful than the things for which they stood, and that the names of the world's beautiful women, Sappho, Fiametta, Guinivere, were more beautiful than Sappho, Fiametta, Guinivere themselves; that the names of the stars were lovelier than any star—who has ever found the Pleiades so beautiful as their name, or any king so great as the sound of Orion?—and what, anywhere in the Universe, is lovely enough to bear Arcturus for its name? ATRICE'S VOICE SAID I HEARD YOU ANTONY AND LOVED YOU FOR IT SO ANTHONY HAD FOUND THE HEART OF A FATHER WHEN NO LONGER HE HAD A CHILD END OF CHAPTER SEVENTEEN CHAPTER EIGHTEEN THE SECOND TALK ON THE HILLS GOOD TO THINK SAID ANTHONY PRESENTLY IN ANSWER TO BEATRICE'S SOOTHING HAND TO THINK THAT I MIGHT HAVE LIVED WITH THE CHILD AND I CHOSE INSTEAD TO LIVE WITH WORDS IN ALL THE MYSTERIOUS WAYS OF MAN IS THERE ANYTHING QUITE SO MYSTERIOUS AS THAT POOR DREAM LEAD FOOL POOR LOVER OF COLORED SHADOWS AND YET HOW PROUD I WAS OF THE MADNESS HOW I LOVED TO SAY THAT WORDS WERE MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN THE THINGS FOR WHICH THEY STOOD AND THAT THE NAMES OF THE WORLD'S BEAUTIFUL WOMEN SAPPHO FILAMENTA GWENEVERE WERE MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN SAPPHO FIAMETA GUENEVERE THEMSELVES THAT THE NAMES OF THE STARS WERE LOVELIER THAN ANY STAR WHO HAS EVER FOUND THE PLEIADES SO BEAUTIFUL AS THEIR NAME OR ANY KING SO GREAT AS THE SOUND OF O'RIAN AND WHAT ANYWHERE IN THE UNIVERSE IS LOVELY ENOUGH TO BEAR OCTOURUS FOR ITS NAME
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