To such a moment as that Faustus himself would have cried 'Stay!' though the price of satisfied desire were his soul.

And there had been many such moments in Cordova's life.

They satisfied something much deeper than greedy vanity and stronger than hungry ambition.

Call it what you will, according to the worth you set on such art, it is a longing which only artists feel, and to which only something in themselves can answer.

To listen to perfect music is a feast for gods, but to be the living instrument beyond compare is to be a god oneself.
Of our five senses, sight calls up visions, divine as well as earthly, but hearing alone can link body, mind, and soul with higher things, by the word and by the word made song.