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           Thewingsoftherushingwindseemtobebearingyouonward,youknownotwhere. Youarenolongertheslow,plodding,punythingofclay,creepingtortuouslyupontheground;youareapartofNature! Yourheartisthrobbingagainsthers! Hergloriousarmsareroundyou,raisingyouupagainstherheart! Yourspiritisatonewithhers;yourlimbsgrowlight! Thevoicesoftheairaresingingtoyou. Theearthseemsfarawayandlittle;andtheclouds,socloseaboveyourhead,arebrothers,andyoustretchyourarmstothem. 

           Wehadtherivertoourselves,exceptthat,farinthedistance,wecouldseeafishing-punt,mooredinmid-stream,onwhichthreefishermensat;andweskimmedoverthewater,andpassedthewoodedbanks,andnoonespoke. 

           Iwassteering. 

           Aswedrewnearer,wecouldseethatthethreemenfishingseemedoldandsolemn-lookingmen. Theysatonthreechairsinthepunt,andwatchedintentlytheirlines. Andtheredsunsetthrewamysticlightuponthewaters,andtingedwithfirethetoweringwoods,andmadeagoldengloryofthepiled-upclouds. Itwasanhourofdeepenchantment,ofecstatichopeandlonging. Thelittlesailstoodoutagainstthepurplesky,thegloaminglayaroundus,wrappingtheworldinrainbowshadows;and,behindus,creptthenight. 

           Weseemedlikeknightsofsomeoldlegend,sailingacrosssomemysticlakeintotheunknownrealmoftwilight,untothegreatlandofthesunset.