Under the trees . Chapter XVIII EVENTIDE HEN the shadowslengthen and thelandscape becomesindistinct, the com-mon life of menseems to touch the^^—^ life of Nature mostclosely and sympathetically. The work ofthe day is accomplished; the sense of thingsto be done loses its painful tension; themind, freed from the cares which engrossedit, opens unconsciously to the sights andsounds of the quiet hour. The fields aregiven over to silence and the gatheringdarkness; the roads cease to be thorough-fares of toil; and over all things the peaceof night settles like an unspoken benedic-tion. To the most pr
Under the trees . Chapter XVIII EVENTIDE HEN the shadowslengthen and thelandscape becomesindistinct, the com-mon life of menseems to touch the^^—^ life of Nature mostclosely and sympathetically. The work ofthe day is accomplished; the sense of thingsto be done loses its painful tension; themind, freed from the cares which engrossedit, opens unconsciously to the sights andsounds of the quiet hour. The fields aregiven over to silence and the gatheringdarkness; the roads cease to be thorough-fares of toil; and over all things the peaceof night settles like an unspoken benedic-tion. To the most preoccupied there comesa consciousness that the world has changed,and that, while the old framework remainsintact, a strange and transforming beauty.
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