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Can we imagine the emptiness, the illimitable loneliness of that bay? One small shallop down by the pier  that was the only visible connection between themselves and England! CAN WE IMAGINE THE EMPTINESS THE ILLIMITABLE LONELINESS OF THAT BAY ONE SMALL SHALLOP DOWN BY THE PIER THAT WAS THE ONLY VISIBLE CONNECTION BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND ENGLAND
ood and indestructible instincts of life, which persist in spite of every calamity, they planted seed for the coming spring--all this while the Mayflower lay at anchor in the harbor. Every morning they could see her there; any hour of the day they could glance out at her; while they slept they were conscious of her presence. And just so long as she was there, just so long could they see a tangible connection between themselves and the life, which, although already strangely far away, was, nevertheless, the nearest and the dearest existence they had known. And then in April, the familiar vessel, whose outlines were as much a part of the seascape as the Gurnet or the bluffs of Manomet, vanished: vanished as completely as if she had never been. The water which parted under her departing keel flowed together. There was no sign on earth or sea or in the sky of that last link between the little group of colonists and their home land. They were as much alone as Enoch Arden on his desert isle. EN ACCORDING TO THE GOOD AND INDESTRUCTIBLE INSTINCTS OF LIFE WHICH PERSIST IN SPITE OF EVERY CALAMITY THEY PLANTED SEED FOR THE COMING SPRING ALL THIS WHILE THE MAYFLOWER LAY AT ANCHOR IN THE HARBOUR EVERY MORNING THEY COULD SEE HER THERE ANY HOUR OF THE DAY THEY COULD GLANCE OUT AT HER WHILE THEY SLEPT THEY WERE CONSCIOUS OF HER PRESENCE AND JUST SO LONG AS SHE WAS THERE JUST SO LONG COULD THEY SEE A TANGIBLE CONNECTION BETWEEN THEMSELVES AND THE LIFE WHICH ALTHOUGH ALREADY STRANGELY FAR AWAY WAS NEVERTHELESS THE NEAREST AND THE DEAREST EXISTENCE THEY HAD KNOWN AND THEN IN APRIL THE FAMILIAR VESSEL WHOSE OUTLINES WERE AS MUCH A PART OF THE SEA SCAPE AS THE GARNET OR THE BLUFFS OF MANOMET VANISHED VANISHED AS COMPLETELY AS IF SHE HAD NEVER BEEN THE WATER WHICH PARTED UNDER HER DEPARTING KEEL FLOWED TOGETHER THERE WAS NO SIGN ON EARTH OR SEA OR IN THE SKY OF THAT LAST LINK BETWEEN THE LITTLE GROUP OF COLONISTS AND THEIR HOMELAND THEY WERE AS MUCH ALONE AS ENOCH ARDEN ON HIS DESERT ISLE
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