I’ll tell thee, Berthold, what men’s hopes are like:
A silly child that, quivering with joy,
Would cast its little mimic fishing-line
Baited with loadstone for a bowl of toy……
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Daniel DerondaCHAPTER IX.
I’ll tell thee, Berthold, what men’s hopes are like:
A silly child that, quivering with joy,
Would cast its little mimic fishing-line
Baited with loadstone for a bowl of toy……
BOOK I.—THE SPOILED CHILD.
BOOK II.—MEETING STREAMS.
BOOK III.—MAIDENS CHOOSING.
BOOK IV.—GWENDOLEN GETS HER CHOICE.
BOOK V.—MORDECAI.
BOOK VI.—REVELATIONS
BOOK VII.—THE MOTHER AND THE SON