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A Soliloquy of Life; And Other Poems: (English)

A Soliloquy of Life; And Other Poems: (English)

          
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE TWO FACES The story of Leonardo da Vinci's search for the two faces he so ardently desired to represent the Christ and the Judas in his famous painting? The Last Supper?now crumbling away in Milan, Italy. The artist stood troubled. A face would he find To put in the picture?a face strong and kind. The painting awaited the form of a Christ To sit with the twelve at the great Eucharist. 'Midst high-born and lowly da Vinci made quest For worshipful subject with holiness blest. No countenance worthy, the fleeting years brought, To serve as the Master whose likeness he sought. A solemn recessional heard he one day, And noted the choir boys filing away. The face of an angel on one did he see, And begged him to sit for the picture to be. The canvas transfigured was hallowed by one Who gave to the picture the grace of God's Son. And yet was the painting unfinished, for there Was needed a Judas, and so everywhere He searched for the face that would fittest convey The unhappy man he had meant to portray. But years left him waiting, the search unrepaid, Till once on the street found he one who had strayed, Whose bearing depicted a treacherous heart? The face of a craven well-suiting the part? And urged him to pose for the unholy man The canvas required to finish his plan. The artist grew busy with brush and with paint, And sinner was outlined in contrast with saint. I sat for you, sir, said the subject at last, When you needed a Christ for the holy repast, For mine was the face in the picture that day, But that was before I had wandered away. Yours, cried the artist, the face of the Christ I coveted so for the blest Eucharist! Yes, sighed the outcast, indeed I am he, The boy you regarded so reverently. ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217434751
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 38
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 86 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0217434754
  • Publisher Date: 03 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Width: 189 mm


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