Amico di Sandro

"O that fine octagonal face of his--the great dark thoughtful eyes--the straight broad nose pointed at its low tip--the wide firm mouth with its full lower lip, curbed by the very thin bow of the upper--the very square strong jaw--the expression insolent because modest, imperious because shy, --but a face which could smile. And O the robust and generous young form, noble and opulent in contour--the ardent force restrained of him. To me, from the beginning, he was something apart, an individ...