Jewish Literature and Other Essays by Gustav Karpeles

Author:Gustav Karpeles [Karpeles, Gustav]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Literary, Historical, General
ISBN: 9783752320503
Google: EO3xDwAAQBAJ
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2020-07-18T00:29:08+00:00

The full measure of mockery he poured out upon a deceived husband, and the most cutting sarcasm at his command against an enemy is a comparison to crabbed, ugly women:

"I loathe him with the hot and honest hate

That fills a rake 'gainst maids he can not bait,

With which an ugly hag her glass reviles,

And prostitutes the youths who 'scape their wiles."

His devotion to woman's beauty is altogether in the spirit of his Italian contemporaries. One of his most pleasing sonnets is dedicated to his lady-love's eyes:[54]

"My sweet gazelle! From thy bewitching eyes

A glance thrills all my soul with wild delight.

Unfathomed depths beam forth a world so bright—

With rays of sun its sparkling splendor vies—

One look within a mortal deifies.

Thy lips, the gates wherethrough dawn wings its flight,

Adorn a face suffused with rosy light,

Whose radiance puts to shame the vaulted skies.

Two brilliant stars are they from heaven sent—

Their charm I cannot otherwise explain—

By God but for a little instant lent,

Who gracious doth their lustrous glory deign,

To teach those on pursuit of beauty bent,

Beside those eyes all other beauty's vain."

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