Counterparts, or the Cross of Love, Vol. 1 of 3 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Counterparts, or the Cross of Love, Vol. 1 of 3The very settled darkness excited a void unrest: a craving for idea, for object. Glancing to the vault, whose drooping cloud seemed gathered about one's path, there was not a sign of motion or milder gloom.As if nightmare-stricken, the imagination penetrated the deepest deep, and there in the blackness at the base of the cliff, it found a way to escape from the terrors of the sea. A steep acclivity, this way wound in slime and pebble, where the rocks, so gaunt at first, dwarfed gradually in the ascent until the height was gained, when the sea was heard roaring far below.A light up there, and full in view, was beckoning as it warned. The lighthouse seemed as a Cyclops ghost just now, for where it towered, yet distant some yards, its shape was vague and tremulous, while its luminous eye, so stedfast, changed and changed again from burning crimson to a golden light. About it fragrance floated, sultry sighs of jasmine and heavy-hearted roses: for a garden was planted at the summit of the cliff, with gleaming balustrade and trees of softest outline, amidst whose flowery paths another building rose. Not a pillar nor an arch was visible through the gloom, yet a single window on the ground, for all the advanced June night-time, still was open to the lawn, the drooping curtain within unstirred, the flame of the lamp unwavered, by the breezeless air.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.