Maga Excursion Papers (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331023319 ISBN 13: 9781331023319

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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If the season fell in winter, I could understand going when it was past when it would be pleasant to loiter away long days in sweet summer idleness. Then the air Would whisper with ghostly robes, and eyes, brighter than the season saw, would look kindly upon the pilgrim, out of season then, through the pensive silence, great thoughts would arise out of the sea, full of light and heat, like impe rial summer days or haply, fair images, and fleeting - like Venus, brighter than the foam. Then the musing pilgrim might sit, without fear Of freezing, upon the steps of the hotels, and extort their secrets from the long piazzas. Hark! How they echo for it is winter now, and the winds blow sharp and sadly, and wail turbulently about the build ing. If summer were out Of season, he might recline upon the wooden bench over the beach, and watch the curving sweep of the surf. Then, gliding over the sea, his imagi nation would receive once more, like a'conqueror, the free dom of foreign cities. He would be again a Roman, a Venetian, a Parisian. The roar of invisible towns would hush the sea, bellowing at his feet memory would lay her chastening finger upon him; thought would be purified, vows renewed. Or pacing the solitary marge, something of the grandeur Of the sea would pass into his mind, and mould his life in more majestic proportions.

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Excerpt from Maga Excursion Papers I was lately bold enough to visit Newport in winter. It does not require much heroism to go there in summer. If you can patiently endure an Italian climate, gorgeous sunsets, and the sweet stillness of the sea, you will find Newport tolerable in August. If you do not chafe at pleasant society, and the most various afforded by the country; if you can resign yourself to the sparkling northern, and languid tropical manners; if you like to dance with belles fairer than Bayaderes, and to the most siren music; or if you prefer solitary rambling upon ocean cliffs, hearing the music far away over bare fields; if you are a fisher, or a poet, or a preux-chevalier, you will submit to Newport in summer. But when, in the most dogged of the dog-days, some friend, generously hospitable, cries "Come in the winter," you smile incredulous assent. Is there any Newport in winter? Do roses blow in January, or is St. Valentine honored like May-day? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1331023319
• ISBN 13: 9781331023319
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 321