Under the trees . ^ai4,5jv^.. them vanish, but they remain, wroughtupon by sunHght and atmosphere, until thetwiHght touches them with purple and nightturns them into mighty shadows. Oneither hand, in the middle ground of thepicture, long lines of hills shut the riverwithin a world of its own, and shelter thegreen meadows, the fallow tields, and thestretches of woodland that cover the broadsweep from the rivers edge to their ownbases. Below me the quiet current entersthe heart of another group of mountains,flowing silently between the precipitous androcky heights that lift themselves on eitherh
Under the trees . ^ai4,5jv^.. them vanish, but they remain, wroughtupon by sunHght and atmosphere, until thetwiHght touches them with purple and nightturns them into mighty shadows. Oneither hand, in the middle ground of thepicture, long lines of hills shut the riverwithin a world of its own, and shelter thegreen meadows, the fallow tields, and thestretches of woodland that cover the broadsweep from the rivers edge to their ownbases. Below me the quiet current entersthe heart of another group of mountains,flowing silently between the precipitous androcky heights that lift themselves on eitherhand, indifferent alike to the frowningsummits when the sun warms them withsmiles, and to the black and portentousshadows which they often cast across thechannel at their feet. The solitude and awewhich belong to mountain passes throughwhich great rivers tlow clothe this placewith solemnity and majesty as with a visiblegarment, and till one with a sense of inde-scribable river which lies before me moves102. ^ ^.r^y-i^i^y^.ji
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