William Bouguereau Birth of Venus painting
Douglas Hofmann dying swan painting
comforting to creep away now and then for a good talk with them. I always feel so happy out here."
"`And so in mountain solitudes o'ertaken
As by some spell divine,
Their cares drop from them like the needles shaken From out the gusty pine,'"
quoted Gilbert.
"They make our little ambitions seem rather petty, don't they, Anne?"
"I think, if ever any great sorrow came to me, I would come to the pines for comfort," said Anne dreamily.
"I hope no great sorrow ever will come to you, Anne," said Gilbert, who could not connect the idea of sorrow with the vivid, joyous creature beside him, unwitting that those who can soar to the highest heights can also plunge to the deepest depths, and that the natures which enjoy most keenly are those which also suffer most sharply.
"But there must -- sometime," mused Anne. "Life seems like a cup of glory held to my
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