THREE] GROWING THE HOUSE 
to have it, that is, yourself, looked at, and so 
that you can look yourself at the go-byes. It 
stands on a knoll well away from others, thoroughly 
individualized; and from its porches and_balco- 
nies and windows it enters into soul-possession 
of the valley, the opposite hills, and even says to 
the sun and the moon and the sweet air, ‘‘ You are 
mine.”’ 
“One harvest from your field 
Homeward brought your oxen strong; 
Another crop your acres yield, 
Which I gather in a song.” 
Emerson 
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