The digressions of V., written for his own fun and that of his friends (1910)
Vedder, Elihu, 1836-1923 · Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Co. · leaf 204
pressed me. He said: I wentup a mountain — up — up — up, ever so high, and there wasa man with ever so many sheep — thousands; and the sky gotso black—and then thunder and then a lightning came andkilled the man and killed all the sheep — and then — all deadand all blood. Tutti morti — tutto… … 166 THE DIGRESSIONS OF V. end in a tragedy — tutti morti, tutto sangue! — how this story or dream of his would come to mindand be quoted as a premonition! Happydays! How happy are those first days ofthe artists life, passed in some solitaryspot, with no thought of exhibitions orsales or ambition,…
Vedder, Elihu, 1836-1923 · Artists
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