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sunset through a window unvisited for a year past�察�it betrays the flitting of 

the sun into unwonted skiesa sun that takes the midsummer world in the 

rear�察  �and   shows   his   head   at   a   sally´porte�察  �and   is   about   to   alight   on   an 

unused horizon。        So does the grey drawing�察�with which you have allowed 

the sun and your pot of rushes to adorn your room�察�play the stealthy game 

of the year。 

     You need not stint yourself of shadows�察�for an occasion。                 It needs but 

four    candles    to  make    a  hanging     Oriental    bell  play   the  most    buoyant 

jugglery overhead。         Two lamps make of one palm´branch a symmetrical 

countercharge   of   shadows�察  �and   here   two   palm´branches   close   with   one 

another   in   shadow�察  �their   arches   flowing   together�察  �and   their   paler   greys 



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darkening。      It is hard to believe that there are many to prefer a ;repeating 

pattern。; 

     It must be granted to them that a grey day robs of their decoration the 

walls   that   should   be   sprinkled   with   shadows。      Let�察  �then�察  �a   plaque   or   a 

picture be kept for hanging on shadowless clays。                 To dress a room once 

for all�察�and to give it no more heed�察�is to neglect the units of the days。 

     Shadows       within   doors    are  yet   only   messages     from    that   world   of 

shadows which is the landscape of sunshine。                 Facing a May sun you see 

little except an infinite number of shadows。               Atoms of shadow be the 

day bright enoughcompose the very air through which you see the light。 

The trees show you a shadow for every leaf�察�and the poplars are sprinkled 

upon     the  shining    sky   with   little  shadows     that  look   translucent。     The 

liveliness of every shadow is that some light is reflected into it�察�shade and 

shine   have   been   entangled   as   though   by   some   wild   wind   through   their 

million molecules。 

     The coolness and the dark of night are interlocked with the unclouded 

sun。     Turn   sunward   from  the   north�察  �and   shadows   come   to   life�察  �and   are 

themselves the life�察�the action�察�and the transparence of their day。 

     To eyes tired and retired all day within lowered blinds�察�the light looks 

still   and   changeless。    So   many   squares   of   sunshine   abide   for   so   many 

hours�察�and when the sun has circled away they pass and are extinguished。 

Him     who    lies  alone    there   the  outer   world    touches    less  by   this  long 

sunshine than by the haste and passage of a shadow。 Although there may 

be no   tree  to stand   between   his   window  and   the  south�察 �and   although  no 

noonday wind may blow a branch of roses across the blind�察�shadows and 

their life will be carried across by a brilliant bird。 

     To the sick man a cloud´shadow is nothing but an eclipse�察�he cannot 

see its shape�察�its color�察�its approach�察�or its flight。           It does but darken his 

window as it darkens the day�察�and is gone again�察�he does not see it pluck 

and snatch the sun。        But the flying bird shows him wings。             What flash of 

light could be more bright for him than such a flash of darkness�拭�

     It is the pulse of life�察�where all change had seemed to be charmed。 If 

he had seen the bird itself he would have seen lessthe bird's shadow was 

a message from the sun。 



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     There are two separated flights for the fancy to follow�察�the flight of the 

bird in the air�察�and the flight of its shadow on earth。           This goes across the 

window blind�察�across the wood�察�where it is astray for a while in the shades�察�

it dips into the valley�察�growing vaguer and larger�察�runs�察�quicker than the 

wind�察�uphill�察�smaller and darker on the soft and dry grass�察�and rushes to 

meet its bird when the bird swoops to a branch and clings。 

     In the great bird country of the north´eastern littoral of England�察�about 

Holy Island and the basaltic rocks�察�the shadows of the high birds are the 

movement and   the pulse   of the   solitude。         Where   there are no   woods   to 

make a shade�察�the sun suffers the brilliant eclipse of flocks of pearl´white 

sea birds�察�or of the solitary creature driving on the wind。            Theirs is always 

a surprise of flight。       The clouds go one way�察�but the birds go all ways�此�

in   from   the   sea   or   out�察  �across   the   sands�察  �inland   to   high   northern   fields�察�

where the crops are late by a month。             They fly so high that though they 

have the shadow of the sun under their wings�察�they have the light of the 

earth there also。      The waves and the coast shine up to them�察�and they fly 

between lights。 

     Black flocks and white they gather their delicate shadows up�察 �swift as 

dreams�察─�at the end of their flight into the clefts�察�platforms�察�and ledges of 

harbourless rocks dominating the North Sea。                They subside by degrees�察�

with lessening and shortening volleys of wings and cries until there comes 

the general shadow of night wherewith the little shadows close�察�complete。 

     The evening is the shadow of another flight。            All the birds have traced 

wild and innumerable paths across the mid´May earth�察�their shadows have 

fled all day faster than her streams�察�and have overtaken all the movement 

of her wingless creatures。         But now it is the flight of the very earth that 

carries her clasped shadow from the sun。 



     Footnotes�此�

     ��1��    I found it afterwards�此      �it was Rebecca。 



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