[Phantastes by George MacDonald]@TWC D-Link bookPhantastes CHAPTER XV 1/5
"Alexander.
'When will you finish Campaspe ?' Apelles.
'Never finish: for always in absolute beauty there is somewhat above art.'" LYLY'S Campaspe. And now, what song should I sing to unveil my Isis, if indeed she was present unseen? I hurried away to the white hall of Phantasy, heedless of the innumerable forms of beauty that crowded my way: these might cross my eyes, but the unseen filled my brain.
I wandered long, up and down the silent space: no songs came.
My soul was not still enough for songs.
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