You paint a magnificent picture...This is truly lovely, yet the void is felt... I loved how you touched the senses..I can feel, taste, hear the sensations in this romantic piece. Nice work!
It's wonderful the way you describe the protagonist, the details you delve into and the way you give the reader a vicarious sense of living the past. Nicely done Rossen.
Just a typo - It should be spelled says and not say's in the first line.