teufelstein

Updated: May 25, 2025

Ursula and her company of virgins; of Marie de Medicis dying alone in that tumbled-down house in the Stern-gasse, of Rubens, who, it is said, here first saw the light of this world, of an angry Satan flinging his Teufelstein from the Seven Mountains in an impotent attempt to destroy the Dom; and gradually, the indestructible romantic spell of the Rhine steals into the spirit of common things that were unlovely by day, and makes the old city beautiful under the sacred glory of the stars.

Marie Corelli - Ardath