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He felt that within him which rose up gigantic from the earth, and towered into eyries of space, from whence that morning star seemed like a dewdrop glittering low down upon the earth. It was the god in him that knew itself for one brief space, a moment's awakening in the sleep of fact. Could a god so great, so awakened, be again the slave of one earthly face? HE FELT THAT WITHIN HIM WHICH ROSE UP GIGANTIC FROM THE EARTH AND TOWERED INTO AREAS OF SPACE FROM WHENCE THAT MORNING STAR SEEMED LIKE A DEWDROP GLITTERING LOW DOWN UPON THE EARTH IT WAS THE GOD IN HIM THAT KNEW ITSELF FOR ONE BRIEF SPACE A MOMENT'S AWAKENING IN THE SLEEP OF FACT COULD A GOD SO GREAT SO AWAKENED BE AGAIN THE SLAVE OF ONE EARTHLY FACE
or the light; and, at last, with a freshening of the air, and faint sounds of returning consciousness from distant farms, it came. High over a lake of ethereal silver welling up out of space, hung the morning star, shining as though its heart would break, bright as a tear that must slip down the face of heaven and fall amid the grass. As Antony looked up at it, his soul escaped from its prison of dark thought, and such an exaltation had come with the quickening light, that it seemed as though the body, with little more than pure aspiration to wing it, might follow the soul's flight to that crystal sphere. In that moment, Antony knew that the love in the soul of man is mated only with the infinite universe. In no marriage less than that shall it find lasting fulfilment of itself. No single face, however beautiful, no single human soul, however vast, can absorb it. Silencieux, Beatrice, Wonder, himself, all faded away, in a trance-like sense of a stupendous passion, an august possession. ON WAITING PRAYING FOR STIFLING FOR THE LIGHT AND AT LAST WITH THE FRESHENING OF THE AIR AND FAINT SOUNDS OF RETURNING CONSCIOUSNESS FROM DISTANT FARMS IT CAME HIGH OVER A LAKE OF ETHEREAL SILVER WELLING UP OUT OF SPACE HUNG THE MORNING STAR SHINING AS THOUGH ITS HEART WOULD BREAK BRIGHT AS A TEAR THAT MUST SLIP DOWN THE FACE OF HEAVEN AND FALL AMID THE GRASS AS ANTONY LOOKED UP AT IT HIS SOUL ESCAPED FROM ITS PRISON OF DARK THOUGHT AND SUCH AN EXALTATION HAD COME WITH THE QUICKENING LIGHT THAT IT SEEMED AS THOUGH THE BODY WITH LITTLE MORE THAN PURE ASPIRATION TO WING IT MIGHT FOLLOW THE SOUL'S FLIGHT TO THAT CRYSTAL SPHERE IN THAT MOMENT ANTONY KNEW THAT THE LOVE IN THE SOUL OF MAN IS MATED ONLY WITH THE INFINITE UNIVERSE IN NO MARRIAGE LESS THAN THAT SHALL IT FIND LASTING FULFILLMENT OF ITSELF NO SINGLE FACE HOWEVER BEAUTIFUL NO SINGLE HUMAN SOUL HOWEVER VAST CAN ABSORB IT SILAGO BEATRICE WONDER HIMSELF ALL FADED AWAY IN A TRANS LIKE SENSE OF A STUPENDOUS PASSION AN AUGUST POSSESSION
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