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And we stood still that we might not spill this pain more precious than pleasure. AND WE STOOD STILL THAT WE MIGHT NOT SPILL THIS PAIN MORE PRECIOUS THAN PLEASURE
the first milepost. There is a hedge along the road, and beyond the hedge lie the fields. The fields are black and ploughed, and they lie like a great fan before us, with their furrows gathered in some hand beyond the sky, spreading forth from that hand, opening wide apart as they come toward us, like black pleats that sparkle with thin, green spangles. Women work in the fields, and their white tunics in the wind are like the wings of sea-gulls beating over the black soil. And there it was that we saw Liberty 5-3000 walking along the furrows. Their body was straight and thin as a blade of iron. Their eyes were dark and hard and glowing, with no fear in them, no kindness and no guilt. Their hair was golden as the sun; their hair flew in the wind, shining and wild, as if it defied men to restrain it. They threw seeds from their hand as if they deigned to fling a scornful gift, and the earth was a beggar under their feet. We stood still; for the first time did we know fear, and then pain. HIS ROAD CLEAN FOR THE FIRST MILE POST THERE IS A HEDGE ALONG THE ROAD AND BEYOND THE HEDGE LIES THE FIELDS THE FIELDS ARE BLACK AND PLOUGHED AND THEY LIE LIKE A GREAT FAN BEFORE US FURROWS GATHERED IN SOME HAND BEYOND THE SKY SPREADING FORTH FROM THAT HAND OPENING WIDE APART AS THEY COME TOWARD US LIKE BLACK FLEETS THAT SPARKLE WITH THIN GREEN SPANGLES WOMEN WORK IN THE FIELDS AND THEIR WHITE TUNICS IN THE WIND ARE LIKE THE WINGS OF SEA GULLS BEATING OVER THE BLACK SOIL AND THERE IT WAS THAT WE SAW LIBERTY FIVE THREE THOUSAND WALKING ALONG THE FURROWS THEIR BODY WAS STRAIGHT AND THIN AS A BLADE OF IRON THEIR EYES WERE DARK AND HARD AND GLOWING WITH NO FEAR IN THEM NO KINDNESS AND NO GUILT THEIR HAIR WAS GOLDEN AS THE SUN THEIR HAIR FLEW IN THE WIND SHINING AND WILD AS IF IT DEFIED MEN TO RESTRAIN IT THEY THREW SEEDS FROM THEIR HANDS AS IF THEY WERE DESIGNED TO FLING A SCORNFUL GIFT AND THE EARTH WAS A BEGGAR UNDER THEIR FEET WE STOOD STILL FOR THE FIRST TIME WE KNEW FEAR AND THEN PAIN
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