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Page 107 - a perfect contrast to this beauteous face, I will paint that also, and hang them side by side, as ideal of heaven and hell." Years passed. At length, in a distant land, he saw, in a prison he visited, the most hideous object he ever gazed upon, — a fierce, haggard fiend, with glaring eyes and cheeks deeply furrowed with lust and crime. The artist remembered his vow, and immediately painted...
Page 108 - ... will paint that also, and hang them side by side, an ideal of heaven and hell. Years passed. At length, in a distant land, he saw, in a prison, he visited, the most hideous object he ever gazed upon — a fierce, haggard fiend, with glaring eyes and cheeks deeply furrowed with lust and crime. The artist remembered his vow, and immediately painted a picture of this loathsome form, to hang beside the lovely boy. The contrast was perfect. His dream was realized. What was the surprise of the artist,...
Page 107 - An Italian artist met with a child of exquisite beauty, and wished to preserve its features, for fear he should never see such loveliness again. So he painted the charming face upon canvas, and hung it upon the walls of his studio. In his most sombre hours that sweet, gentle countenance was like an angel of light to him. Its presence filled his soul with the purest aspirations. "If ever I find...
Page 108 - ... furrowed with lust and crime. The artist remembered his vow, and immediately painted a picture of this loathsome form, to hang beside the lovely boy. The contrast was perfect. His dream was realized. What was the surprise of this artist, on inquiry into the history of this horrid wretch, to find that he was once that lovely little boy! Both of these pictures, the angel and the demon of the same soul, now hang side by side in the Tuscan gallery.
Page 72 - He learns The child to smoke. This learned, the boy is half Way learned to drink. And smoking much creates A kind of thirst, that nought but rum can full Supply.
Page 107 - So he painted the charming face upon the canvas, and hung it upon the wall of his studio. In his somberest hours, that sweet, gentle countenance was like an angel of light to him. Its presence filled his soul with the purest aspirations. "If ever I find...
Page 24 - Her virtue made the gap through which a stream Of ruin flowed, to turn the wheels of death.