Author: Robert Norwood

Publisher:

Published: 2015-09-27

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9781330621745

Excerpt from The Witch of Endor a Tragedy Time. - The Barley Harvest; late afternoon. Scene. - A field on the uplands of Benjamin, along which extend ordered rows of the gathered grain. At right, near a grove of olives, and half-way up the field, is a broken oil-press. A path winds through clustered palms at left to rear. In the rear the plain sweeps away to where the Jordan winds among the reeds and sedges. Beyond the Jordan a vista of mountains looming through a purple haze edged with sunset-gold. Gleaners are moving up and down the field, gathering what is left from the harvest. In the foreground two women - the one old and haggard - the other young and of an exquisite grace - are binding their bundles with ropes of twisted straw. At the oil-press, with her gleanings at her feet, sits a woman of unusual beauty. She is tall and her hair is the colour of red wine. The younger of the two gleaners stands up from her task, stretching her arms above her head; the elder sinks wearily beside her bundle. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.