Footprints on the Sea-Shore (From "Twice Told Tales")

Footprints on the Sea-Shore (From "Twice Told Tales")

It must be a spirit much unlike my own, which can keep itself in health and vigor without sometimes stealing from the sultry sunshine of the world, to plunge into the cool bath of solitude. At intervals, and not infrequent ones, the forest and the ocean summon meone with the roar of its waves, the other with the murmur of its boughsforth from the haunts of men. But I must wander many a mile, ere I could stand beneath the shadow of even one primeval tree, much less be lost among the multitude of hoary trunks, and hidden from earth and sky by the mystery of darksome foliage. Nothing is within my daily reach more like a forest than the acre or two of woodland near some suburban farm-house. When, therefore, the yearning for seclusion becomes a necessity within me, I am drawn to the sea-shore, which extends its line of rude rocks and seldom-trodden sands, for leagues around our bay. Setting forth at my last ramble, on a September morning, I bound myself with a hermit's vow, to interchange no thoughts with man or woman, to share no social pleasure, but to derive all that day's enjoyment from shore, and sea, and sky,from my soul's communion with these, and from fantasies, and recollections, or anticipated realities. Surely here is enough to feed a human spirit for a single day. Farewell, then, busy world! Till your evening lights shall shine along the street,till they gleam upon my sea-flushed face, as I tread homeward,free me from your ties, and let me be a peaceful outlaw. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 9218
Author: Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Release Date: Nov 1, 2005
Format: eBook
Language: English