; a broken barrel…organ was playing; sometimes it quavered and almost stopped; then went on again; like a broken human voice。
I listened: my heart scarcely moved; it was as cold as lead。 I could not bear the long day before me; and I tried to sleep again; yet still I heard the feet upon the pavement。 And suddenly I heard them cry loud as they beat; 〃We are seeking!we are seeking!we are seeking!〃 and the broken barrel…organ at the street corner sobbed; 〃The Beautiful!the Beautiful! the Beautiful!〃 And my heart; which had been dead; cried out with every throb; 〃Love!Truth!the Beautiful!the Beautiful!〃 It was the music I had heard in Heaven that I could not sing there。
And fully I awoke。
Upon the faded quilt; across my bed a long yellow streak of pale London sunlight was lying。 It fell through my narrow attic window。
I laughed。 I rose。
I was glad the long day was before me。
Paris and London。
End