id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 39844 Blind, Mathilde The Ascent of Man .txt text/plain 22299 1786 89 The love of life burns in their veins, Casts its blue glance like an all-seeing eye. With eyes of dove-like mercy, hands of wrath, Laugh in his path like sun-dyed April showers. the wind stopped like a heart that's ceased beating, And the moon, like a white maid, looked down in mute wonder Like eyes that from heaven have looked upon hell. Love shivered and sighed like a reed that is shaken, Some like stars light up their own green heaven Like Life on earth. May dropped off, flower-like, into the long sleep, And ever the wind like a soul in pain And ever the wind like a soul in pain That death must swallow life, and darkness light. Then like a flame the crescent moon on high Came like a love-song, as, with arms entwining, Ah, life grows lovely where you are; Like some world-mother whose deep heart is breaking ./cache/39844.txt ./txt/39844.txt