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the cenci's dream.
With gradual change, shall fade from the place of his anguish;
Fade thence and grow into light, till the angels who dwell there,
Distinguish and hasten to meet him. Could'st thou see, little sister,
How fair he will be in that luminous air—and fatherly tender!"
Fade thence and grow into light, till the angels who dwell there,
Distinguish and hasten to meet him. Could'st thou see, little sister,
How fair he will be in that luminous air—and fatherly tender!"
O Christ, may this be!
"If earth nourish one being—an angel
More constant than spring, with its delicate myrtle, who shall labor
And watch to the end;—resisting. and watching through darkness,
And wrestling with demons to win him, she shall plant in his spirit
Some germ of a faith in the ever unchangeable love
And goodness eternal, that, little by little, shall gather,
More constant than spring, with its delicate myrtle, who shall labor
And watch to the end;—resisting. and watching through darkness,
And wrestling with demons to win him, she shall plant in his spirit
Some germ of a faith in the ever unchangeable love
And goodness eternal, that, little by little, shall gather,
