Chapter 41

           

           Crownedwithamysticradianceasoftremblingstarsoffire,thatsublimeFiguretoweredbetweenmeandthemoonlitsky;theface,austerelygrandandbeautiful,shoneforthluminouslypale—theeyeswerefullofunquenchablepain,unspeakableremorse,unimaginabledespair!ThefeaturesIhadknownsolongandseendaybydayinfamiliarintercoursewerethesame—thesame,yettransfiguredwithetherealsplendour,whileshadowedbyaneverlastingsorrow!BodilysensationsIwasscarcelyconsciousof;—onlytheSoulofme,hithertodormant,wasawakeandpalpitatingwithfear.GraduallyIbecameawarethatotherswerearoundme,andlooking,Isawadensecrowdoffaces,wildandwonderful—imploringeyeswereturneduponmeinpiteousorsternagony—andpallidhandswerestretchedtowardsmemoreinappealthanmenace.AndIbeheldasIgazed,theairdarkening,andanonlighteningwiththeshadowandthebrightnessofwings!—vastpinionsofcrimsonflamebegantounfurlandspreadupwardsallroundtheice-boundvessel—upwardstilltheirglowingtipsseemedwell-nightotouchthemoon.AndHe,myFoe,wholeanedagainstthemast,becamelikewiseencircledwiththeseshaftedpinionsofburningrose,whichlikefinely-webbedcloudscolouredbyastrongsunset,streamedoutwardflaringlyfromhisdarkFormandsprangaloftinablazeofscintillantglory.AndaVoiceinfinitelysad,yetinfinitelysweet,strucksolemnmusicfromthefrozensilence.

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