sleep; one ceases to be far enough away 

 from Nature to observe her ; one becomes 

 part of the great, silent movements in the 

 midst of which he sits, mute and motion- 

 less, while the hours slip by with the peace 

 of eternity already upon them. 



When I reached the end of my walk, 

 and paused for a moment before retracing 

 my steps, I was conscious of the inexhausti- 

 ble richness of the world through which 

 I had come ; a thousand voices had spoken 

 to me, and a thousand sights of wonder 

 moved before me ; I was awake to the 

 universe which most of us see only in 

 broken and unintelligent dreams. Through 

 all this realm of truth and poetry men have 

 passed and repassed these many years, I 

 said to myself; and I began to wonder 

 how many of those now long asleep really 

 saw or heard this great glad world of sun 

 and summer ! I began slowly to retrace 

 my steps, and as I reached the summit of 

 the hill and looked beyond I saw the cattle 

 standing knee-deep in the brook that loiters 

 across the fields, and I heard the faint 



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