. The bird . TIIE THE SHORES. Dr( AY or CERTAIX ^iPEC ILS I HAVE frequently observed, in my days of sad-ness, a being sadder still, which Melancholj mighthave chosen for its symbol: I mean, the Dreamer ofthe Marshes, the meditative bird that, in all seasons,^ standing solitarily before the dull waters, seems,along with his image, to plunge in their mirror hismonotonous noble ebon-black crest, his pearl-gray mantle—thissemi-royal mourning contrasts with his puny body and~~~~- tiansparent leanness. When flying, the poor heron dis-plays but a couple of wings; low as is the el
. The bird . TIIE THE SHORES. Dr( AY or CERTAIX ^iPEC ILS I HAVE frequently observed, in my days of sad-ness, a being sadder still, which Melancholj mighthave chosen for its symbol: I mean, the Dreamer ofthe Marshes, the meditative bird that, in all seasons,^ standing solitarily before the dull waters, seems,along with his image, to plunge in their mirror hismonotonous noble ebon-black crest, his pearl-gray mantle—thissemi-royal mourning contrasts with his puny body and~~~~- tiansparent leanness. When flying, the poor heron dis-plays but a couple of wings; low as is the elevation towhich he rises, there is no longer any question of his body—hebecomes invisible. An animal truly aerial, to bear so light a frame, *5=?s 112 THE SHORES. the heron has enough, nay, he has a foot too many; he folds under his . wing the other; and neaily always his lame figure is thus defined against the sky in a fantastical hieroglyph. Whoever has lived in history, in the study of fallen races and empires, is t
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