Friday, November 30, 2007

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may
girl with a pearl earring vermeer
Gustav Klimt Kiss painting
Head of Christ
The very last of all, I saw. For Latimer, having finally gone for a lantern, held it so that its light shone down the scuttle. Wolf Larsen was nearly to the top, though I could not see him. All that was visible was the mass of men fastened upon him. It squirmed about, like some huge, many-legged spider, and swayed back and forth to the regular roll of the vessel. And still, step by step, with long intervals between, the mass ascended. Once it tottered, about to fall back, but the broken hold was regained, and it still went up. ¡¡¡¡'Who is it?' Latimer cried. ¡¡¡¡'Larsen,' I heard a muffled voice from within the mass. ¡¡¡¡Latimer reached down with his free hand. I saw a hand shoot up to clasp his. Latimer pulled, and the next couple of steps were made with a rush. Then Wolf

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may"

Anonymous said...

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may"

Anonymous said...

"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may"

Anonymous said...

"Gather ye rosebuds while ye may"