A romantic novel by Margaret Pedler. It opens with a letter in which a woman breaks off an engagement, and a man reads it, setting up a story about love, desire and difficult choices. It is worth listening to for its emotional portrait of longing and the decisions of the heart.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
THE VISION OF DESIRE By Margaret Pedler AUTHOR OF “THE HERMIT OF FAR END,” “THE MOON OUT OF REACH,” ETC. “Heaven but the Vision of fulfill’d Desire And Hell the Shadow from a Soul on Fire.” —THE RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM TO BUNTY (F. MABEL WARHURST) WITH MY LOVE CONTENTS
DREAM-FLOWERS “Beyond the hill there’s a garden, Fashioned of sweetest flowers, Calling to you with its voice of gold, Telling you all that your heart may hold. Beyond the hill there’s a garden fair— My garden of happy hours. “Dream-flowers grow in that garden, Blossom of sun and showers, There, withered hopes may bloom anew, Dreams long forgotten shall come true. Beyond the hill there’s a garden fair— My garden of happy hours!” MARGARET PEDLER. NOTE:—Musical setting by Margaret Pedler. Published by Edward Schuberth & Co., 11 East 22nd Street, New York. THE VISION OF DESIRE
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