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Chapter 7

           Shedidnotknowshedesiredhim; butwithhimitwasdifferent. Heknewthathelovedher,andhedesiredherashehadneverbeforedesiredanythinginhislife. Hehadlovedpoetryforbeauty’ssake; butsincehemetherthegatestothevastfieldoflove-poetryhadbeenopenedwide. ShehadgivenhimunderstandingevenmorethanBulfinchandGayley. Therewasalinethataweekbeforehewouldnothavefavoredwithasecondthought"God’sownmadloverdyingonakiss"; butnowitwaseverinsistentinhismind. Hemarvelledatthewonderofitandthetruth; andashegazeduponherheknewthathecoulddiegladlyuponakiss. HefelthimselfGod’sownmadlover,andnoaccoladeofknighthoodcouldhavegivenhimgreaterpride. Andatlastheknewthemeaningoflifeandwhyhehadbeenborn. 

           Ashegazedatherandlistened,histhoughtsgrewdaring. Hereviewedallthewilddelightofthepressureofherhandinhisatthedoor,andlongedforitagain. Hisgazewanderedoftentowardherlips,andheyearnedforthemhungrily. Buttherewasnothinggrossorearthlyaboutthisyearning. Itgavehimexquisitedelighttowatcheverymovementandplayofthoselipsastheyenunciatedthewordsshespoke; yettheywerenotordinarylipssuchasallmenandwomenhad. Theirsubstancewasnotmerehumanclay. Theywerelipsofpurespirit,andhisdesireforthemseemedabsolutelydifferentfromthedesirethathadledhimtootherwomen’slips. Hecouldkissherlips,resthisownphysicallipsuponthem,butitwouldbewiththeloftyandawfulfervorwithwhichonewouldkisstherobeofGod. Hewasnotconsciousofthistransvaluationofvaluesthathadtakenplaceinhim,andwasunawarethatthelightthatshoneinhiseyeswhenhelookedatherwasquitethesamelightthatshinesinallmen’seyeswhenthedesireofloveisuponthem. 

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