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He spoke of the aged windmill that stood on the down, and of how to children it seemed a strange old man who was only dead by day. HE SPOKE OF THE AGED WINDMILL THAT STOOD ON THE DOWN AND OF HOW TO CHILDREN IT SEEMED A STRANGE OLD MAN WHO WAS ONLY DEAD BY DAY
 sunlight going mumbling round the world. And this is the place they have chosen to go man in!" And standing there with all broad England behind him, rolling northward, down after down, and before him the glittering sea too far for the sound of the roar of it, there seemed to the voter to grow less important the questions that troubled the town. Yet he was still angry. "Why did you bring me here?" he said again. "Because I grew lonely," said the poet, "when all the town went mad." Then he pointed out to the voter some old bent thorns, and showed him the way that a wind had blown for a million years, coming up at dawn from the sea; and he told him of the storms that visit the ships, and their names and whence they come, and the currents they drive afield, and the way that the swallows go. And he spoke of the down where they sat, when the summer came, and the flowers that were not yet, and the different butterflies, and about the bats and the swifts, and the thoughts in the heart of man. E MORNING AND THE GRAY SEA IN THE SUNLIGHT GOING MUMBLING ROUND THE WORLD AND THIS IS THE PLACE THEY HAVE CHOSEN TO GO MAD IN AND STANDING THERE WITH ALL BROAD ENGLAND BEHIND HIM ROLLING NORTHWARD DOWN AFTER DOWN AND BEFORE HIM THE GLITTERING SEA TOO FAR FOR THE SOUND OF THE ROAR OF IT THERE SEEMED TO THE VOTER TO GROW LESS IMPORTANT THE QUESTIONS THAT TROUBLED THE TOWN YET HE WAS STILL ANGRY WHY DID YOU BRING ME HERE HE SAID AGAIN BECAUSE I GREW LONELY SAID THE POET WHEN ALL THE TOWN WENT MAD THEN HE POINTED OUT TO THE VOTER SOME OLD BENT THORNS AND SHOWED HIM THE WAY THAT A WIND HAD BLOWN FOR A MILLION YEARS COMING UP AT DAWN FROM THE SEA AND HE TOLD HIM OF THE STORMS THAT VISIT THE SHIPS AND THEIR NAMES AND WHENCE THEY COME AND THE CURRENTS THEY DRIVE AFIELD AND THE WAY THAT THE SWALLOWS GO AND HE SPOKE OF THE DOWN WHERE THEY SAT WHEN THE SUMMER CAME AND THE FLOWERS THAT WERE NOT YET AND THE DIFFERENT BUTTERFLIES AND ABOUT THE BATS AND THE SWIFTS AND THE THOUGHTS IN THE HEART OF MAN
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