rosicrucian's

Updated: May 29, 2025

I put my ear to his breast, and involuntarily sighed, as I distinguished in its fluttering heave that dull, dumb sound, in which the heart seems knelling itself to the greedy grave! Was this, indeed, the potent magician whom I had so feared! this the guide to the Rosicrucian's secret of life's renewal, in whom, but an hour or two ago, my fancies gulled my credulous trust!

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - A Strange Story — Complete

I put my ear to his breast, and involuntarily sighed, as I distinguished in its fluttering heave that dull, dumb sound, in which the heart seems knelling itself to the greedy grave! Was this, indeed, the potent magician whom I had so feared! this the guide to the Rosicrucian's secret of life's renewal, in whom, but an hour or two ago, my fancies gulled my credulous trust!

Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - A Strange Story — Volume 08