Monday, 1 December 2008

Life of Mary Magdalene Noli me tangere By Giotto di Bondone

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afterwards recalled little of either food or drink, for his mind was filled with the light upon the elf-faces, and the sound of voices so various and so beautiful that he felt in a waking dream. But he remembered that there was bread, surpassing the savour of a fair white loaf to one who is starving; and fruits sweet as wildberries and richer than the ; he drained a cup that was filled with a fragrant draught, cool as a clear fountain, golden as a summer afternoon.Sam could never describe in words, nor picture clearly to himself, what he felt or thought that night, though it remained in his memory as one of the chief events of The nearest he ever got was to say: ‘Well, sir, if I could grow apples like that, I would call myse. But it was the singing that went to my heart, if you know what I mean.’Frodo sat, eating, drinking, and talking with delight; but his mind was chiefly on the words spoken. He knew a little of the elf-speech and listened eagerly. Now and again he spoke to those that served him and thanked them in their own language. They smiled at him and said laughing: ‘Here is a jewel among hobbits!’After a while Pippin fell fast asleep, and was lifted up and borne away to a bower under the trees

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