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Brown, and the Online -Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This -file was produced from images generously made available -by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - - - - - - - - - - THE STORY - WITHOUT AN END. - - - - - THE - STORY - WITHOUT AN END. - - FROM THE GERMAN OF F. W. CAROVÉ, - - BY SARAH AUSTIN. - - ILLUSTRATED BY WILLIAM HARVEY. - - - [Illustration] - - - LONDON: - PUBLISHED BY - EFFINGHAM WILSON, ROYAL EXCHANGE. - 1834. - - - - -TO MY DAUGHTER. - - -MY DEAR CHILD, - -_The story you love so much in German, I dedicate to you in English. -It was in compliance with your earnest wish that other children might -share the delight it has so often afforded you, that I translated -it; so that it is, in some sort, yours of right. Let us hope that -your confident expectations of sympathy in your pleasure may not be -disappointed; or that, if others think the story less beautiful than -you do, they may find compensation in the graceful designs it has -inspired._ - -_You have often regretted that it left off so soon, and would, I -believe, “have been glad to hear more and more, and for ever.” The -continuation you have longed for lies in a wide and magnificent -book, which contains more wonderful and glorious things than all -our favourite fairy-tales put together. But to read in that book, so -as to discover all its beautiful meanings, you must have pure, clear -eyes, and a humble, loving heart; otherwise you will complain, as some -do, that it is dim and puzzling; or, as others, that it is dull and -monotonous._ - -_May you continue to read in it with new curiosity, new delight, and -new profit; and to find it, as long as you live, the untiring “Story -without an End.”_ - - _Your affectionate Mother,_ - - _S. A._ - - LONDON, - _Nov. 16th, 1833_. - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - - THE STORY - WITHOUT AN END. - - - - -I. - - -There was once a Child who lived in a little hut, and in the hut there -was nothing but a little bed and a looking-glass which hung in a dark -corner. Now the Child cared nothing at all about the looking-glass; -but as soon as the first sunbeam glided softly through the casement -and kissed his sweet eyelids, and the finch and the linnet waked him -merrily with their morning songs, he arose, and went out into the green -meadow. And he begged flour of the primrose, and sugar of the violet, -and butter of the butter-cup; he shook dew-drops from the cowslip into -the cup of a harebell; spread out a large lime leaf, set his little -breakfast upon it, and feasted daintily. Sometimes he invited a humming -bee, oftener a gay butterfly, to partake his feast; but his favourite -guest was the blue dragonfly. The bee murmured a great deal, in a -solemn tone, about his riches: but the Child thought that if _he_ were -a bee heaps of treasure would not make him gay and happy; and that it -must be much more delightful and glorious to float about in the free -and fresh breezes of spring, and to hum joyously in the web of the -sunbeams, than, with heavy feet and heavy heart, to stow the silver wax -and the golden honey into cells. - -To this the butterfly assented; and he told, how, once on a time, -he too had been greedy and sordid; how he had thought of nothing -but eating, and had never once turned his eyes upwards to the blue -heavens. At length, however, a complete change had come over him; and -instead of crawling spiritless about the dirty earth, half dreaming, he -all at once awaked as out of a deep sleep. And now he would rise into -the air;--and it was his greatest joy sometimes to play with the light, -and to reflect the heavens in the bright eyes of his wings; sometimes -to listen to the soft language of the flowers and catch their secrets. -Such talk delighted the Child, and his breakfast was the sweeter to -him, and the sunshine on leaf and flower seemed to him more bright and -cheering. - -But when the bee had flown off to beg from flower to flower, and the -butterfly had fluttered away to his playfellows, the dragonfly still -remained, poised on a blade of grass. Her slender and burnished body, -more brightly and deeply blue than the deep blue sky, glistened in -the sunbeam; and her net-like wings laughed at the flowers because -_they_ could not fly, but must stand still and abide the wind and the -rain. The dragonfly sipped a little of the Child’s clear dew-drops and -blue violet-honey, and then whispered her winged words. And the Child -made an end of his repast, closed his dark blue eyes, bent down his -beautiful head, and listened to the sweet prattle. - -Then the dragonfly told much of the merry life in the green wood; how -sometimes she played hide-and-seek with her playfellows under the broad -leaves of the oak and the beech trees; or hunt-the-hare along the -surface of the still waters; sometimes quietly watched the sunbeams, as -they flew busily from moss to flower and from flower to bush, and shed -life and warmth over all. But at night, she said, the moonbeams glided -softly around the wood, and dropped dew into the mouths of all the -thirsty plants; and when the dawn pelted the slumberers with the soft -roses of heaven, some of the half drunken flowers looked up and smiled; -but most of them could not so much as raise their heads for a long, -long time. - -Such stories did the dragonfly tell; and as the Child sat motionless -with his eyes shut, and his head rested on his little hand, she thought -he had fallen asleep;--so she poised her double wings and flew into the -rustling wood. - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -II. - - -But the Child was only sunk into a dream of delight, and was wishing -_he_ were a sunbeam or a moonbeam; and he would have been glad to hear -more and more, and for ever. But at last, as all was still, he opened -his eyes and looked around for his dear guest; but she was flown far -away; so he could not bear to sit there any longer alone, and he rose -and went to the gurgling brook. It gushed and rolled so merrily, and -tumbled so wildly along as it hurried to throw itself head-over-heels -into the river, just as if the great, massy rock out of which it -sprang, were close behind it, and could only be escaped by a break-neck -leap. - -Then the Child began to talk to the little waves, and asked them whence -they came. They would not stay to give him an answer, but danced away, -one over another; till at last, that the sweet Child might not be -grieved, a drop of water stopped behind a piece of rock. From her the -Child heard strange histories, but he could not understand them all, -for she told him about her former life, and about the depths of the -mountain. - -“A long while ago,” said the drop of water, “I lived with my -countless sisters in the great ocean, in peace and unity. We had all -sorts of pastimes; sometimes we mounted up high into the air, and -peeped at the stars; then we sank plump down deep below, and looked -how the coral builders work till they are tired, that they may reach -the light of day at last. But I was conceited, and thought myself -much better than my sisters. And so one day when the sun rose out of -the sea, I clung fast to one of his hot beams, and thought that now I -should reach the stars, and become one of them. But I had not ascended -far, when the sunbeam shook me off, and in spite of all I could say -or do, let me fall into a dark cloud. And soon a flash of fire darted -through the cloud, and now I thought I must surely die; but the whole -cloud laid itself down softly upon the top of a mountain, and so I -escaped with my fright, and a black eye. Now I thought I should remain -hidden, when, all on a sudden, I slipped over a round pebble, fell -from one stone to another, down into the depths of the mountain, till -at last it was pitch dark, and I could neither see nor hear any thing. -Then I found, indeed, that ‘pride goeth before a fall,’ resigned -myself to my fate, and, as I had already laid aside all my unhappy -pride in the cloud, my portion was now the salt of humility; and after -undergoing many purifications from the hidden virtues of metals and -minerals, I was at length permitted to come up once more into the free -cheerful air; and now will I run back to my sisters, and there wait -patiently till I am called to something better.” - -But hardly had she done, when the root of a forget-me-not caught the -drop of water by her hair and sucked her in, that she might become a -floweret, and twinkle brightly as a blue star on the green firmament of -earth. - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -III. - - -The Child did not very well know what to think of all this; he went -thoughtfully home and laid himself on his little bed; and all night -long he was wandering about on the ocean, and among the stars, and over -the dark mountain. But the moon loved to look on the slumbering Child -as he lay with his little head softly pillowed on his right arm. She -lingered a long time before his little window, and went slowly away to -lighten the dark chamber of some sick person. - -As the moon’s soft light lay on the Child’s eyelids, he fancied he -sat in a golden boat, on a great, great water; countless stars swam -glittering on the dark mirror. He stretched out his hand to catch the -nearest star, but it had vanished, and the water sprayed up against -him. Then he saw clearly that these were not the real stars; he looked -up to heaven, and wished he could fly thither. - -But in the mean time the moon had wandered on her way; and now the -Child was led in his dream into the clouds, and he thought he was -sitting on a white sheep, and he saw many lambs grazing around him. -He tried to catch a little lamb to play with, but it was all mist and -vapour; and the Child was sorrowful, and wished himself down again in -his own meadow, where his own lamb was sporting gaily about. - -Meanwhile the moon was gone to sleep behind the mountains, and all -around was dark. Then the Child dreamt that he fell down into the dark, -gloomy caverns of the mountain, and at that he was so frightened, -that he suddenly awoke, just as morning opened her clear eye over the -nearest hill. - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -IV. - - -The Child started up, and, to recover himself from his fright, went -into the little flower-garden behind his cottage, where the beds were -surrounded by ancient palm-trees, and where he knew that all the -flowers would nod kindly at him. But behold, the tulip turned up her -nose, and the ranunculus held her head as stiffly as possible, that -she might not bow good-morrow to him. The rose, with her fair round -cheeks, smiled and greeted the Child lovingly; so he went up to her and -kissed her fragrant mouth. And then the rose tenderly complained that -he so seldom came into the garden, and that she gave out her bloom and -her fragrance the live-long day in vain; for the other flowers either -could not see her, because they were too low, or did not care to look -at her, because they themselves were so rich in bloom and fragrance. -But she was most delighted when she glowed in the blooming head of a -child, and could pour out all her heart’s secrets to him in sweet -odours. Among other things, the rose whispered in his ear that she was -the Fulness of Beauty. - -And in truth the Child, while looking at her beauty, seemed to have -quite forgotten to go on; till the blue larkspur called to him, and -asked whether he cared nothing more about his faithful friend; she said -that she was unchanged, and that even in death she should look upon him -with eyes of unfading blue. - -The Child thanked her for her true-heartedness, and passed on to the -hyacinth who stood near the puffy, full-cheeked, gaudy tulips. Even -from a distance the hyacinth sent forth kisses to him, for she knew -not how to express her love. Although she was not remarkable for her -beauty, yet the Child felt himself wondrously attracted by her, for he -thought no flower loved him so well. But the hyacinth poured out her -full heart and wept bitterly, because she stood so lonely; the tulips -indeed were her countrymen, but they were so cold and unfeeling that -she was ashamed of them. The Child encouraged her, and told her he did -not think things were so bad as she fancied. The tulips spoke their -love in bright looks, while she uttered her’s in fragrant words; that -these, indeed, were lovelier and more intelligible, but that the others -were not to be despised. - -Then the hyacinth was comforted, and said she would be content; and -the Child went on to the powdered auricula, who, in her bashfulness, -looked kindly up to him, and would gladly have given him more than kind -looks, had she had more to give. But the Child was satisfied with her -modest greeting; he felt that he was poor too, and he saw the deep, -thoughtful colours that lay beneath her golden dust. But the humble -flower of her own accord sent him to her neighbour, the lily, whom she -willingly acknowledged as her queen. And when the Child came to the -lily, the slender flower waved to and fro, and bowed her pale head with -gentle pride and stately modesty, and sent forth a fragrant greeting -to him. The Child knew not what had come to him: it reached his inmost -heart, so that his eyes filled with soft tears. Then he marked how -the lily gazed with a clear and steadfast eye upon the sun, and how -the sun looked down again into her pure chalice, and how, amid this -interchange of looks, the three golden threads united in the centre. -And the Child heard how one scarlet lady-bird at the bottom of the -cup, said to another, “knowest thou not that we dwell in the flower -of heaven?” and the other replied, “yes, and now will the mystery be -fulfilled.” And as the Child saw and heard all this, the dim image -of his unknown parents, as it were veiled in a holy light, floated -before his eyes: he strove to grasp it, but the light was gone, and the -Child slipped, and would have fallen, had not the branch of a currant -bush[A] caught and held him; and he took some of the bright berries for -his morning’s meal, and went back to his hut and stripped the little -branches. - -[A] The red currant is called in Germany, _Johannis-beere_, St. John’s -berry. - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -V. - - -But in the hut he staid not long, all was so gloomy, close, and silent -within; and abroad every thing seemed to smile, and to exult in the -clear and unbounded space. Therefore the Child went out into the green -wood, of which the dragonfly had told him such pleasant stories. But -he found every thing far more beautiful and lovely even than she had -described it; for all about, wherever he went, the tender moss -pressed his little feet, and the delicate grass embraced his knees, -and the flowers kissed his hands, and even the branches stroked his -cheeks with a kind and refreshing touch, and the high trees threw their -fragrant shade around him. - -There was no end to his delight. The little birds warbled and sang, -and fluttered and hopped about, and the delicate wood-flowers gave -out their beauty and their odours; and every sweet sound took a sweet -odour by the hand, and thus walked through the open door of the Child’s -heart, and held a joyous nuptial dance therein. But the nightingale -and the lily of the valley led the dance; for the nightingale sang of -nought but love, and the lily breathed of nought but innocence, and he -was the bridegroom and she was the bride. And the nightingale was never -weary of repeating the same thing a hundred times over, for the spring -of love which gushed from his heart was ever new; and the lily bowed -her head bashfully, that no one might see her glowing heart. And yet -the one lived so solely and entirely in the other, that no one could -see whether the notes of the nightingale were floating lilies, or the -lilies visible notes, falling like dew-drops from the nightingale’s -throat. - -The Child’s heart was full of joy even to the brim. He set himself -down, and he almost thought he should like to take root there, and -live for ever among the sweet plants and flowers, and so become a true -sharer in all their gentle pleasures. For he felt a deep delight in -the still, secluded, twilight existence of the mosses and small herbs, -which felt not the storm nor the frost, nor the scorching sunbeam; but -dwelt quietly among their many friends and neighbours, feasting in -peace and good fellowship on the dew and the cool shadows which the -mighty trees shed upon them. To them it was a high festival when a -sunbeam chanced to visit their lowly home; whilst the tops of the lofty -trees could find joy and beauty only in the purple rays of morning or -evening. - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -VI. - - -And as the Child sat there, a little mouse rustled from among the dry -leaves of the former year, and a lizard half glided from a crevice in -the rock, and both of them fixed their bright eyes upon the little -stranger; and when they saw that he designed them no evil, they took -courage and came nearer to him. - -“I should like to live with you,” said the Child to the two little -creatures, in a soft subdued voice, that he might not frighten them. -“Your chambers are so snug, so warm, and yet so shaded, and the flowers -grow in at your windows, and the birds sing you their morning song, and -call you to table and to bed with their clear warblings.” - -“Yes,” said the mouse, “it would be all very well if all the plants -bore nuts and mast, instead of those silly flowers; and if I were not -obliged to grub under ground in the spring, and gnaw the bitter roots, -whilst they are dressing themselves in their fine flowers and flaunting -it to the world, as if they had endless stores of honey in their -cellars.” - -“Hold your tongue,” interrupted the lizard pertly, “do you think, -because you are grey, that other people must throw away their handsome -clothes, or let them lie in the dark wardrobe under ground, and wear -nothing but grey too? I am not so envious. The flowers may dress -themselves as they like for me; they pay for it out of their own -pockets, and they feed bees and beetles from their cups; but what I -want to know is, of what use are birds in the world? Such a fluttering -and chattering, truly, from morning early to evening late, that one -is worried and stunned to death, and there is never a day’s peace for -them. And they do nothing; only snap up the flies and the spiders -out of the mouths of such as I. For my part, I should be perfectly -satisfied, provided all the birds in the world were flies and beetles.” - -The Child changed colour, and his heart was sick and saddened when -he heard their evil tongues. He could not imagine how any body could -speak ill of the beautiful flowers, or scoff at his beloved birds. He -was waked out of a sweet dream, and the wood seemed to him lonely and -desert, and he was ill at ease. He started up hastily, so that the -mouse and the lizard shrank back alarmed, and did not look around them -till they thought themselves safe out of the reach of the stranger with -the large, severe eyes. - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -VII. - - -But the Child went away from the place; and as he hung down his head -thoughtfully, he did not observe that he took the wrong path, nor -see how the flowers on either side bowed their heads to welcome him, -nor hear how the old birds from the boughs, and the young from the -nests, cried aloud to him, “God bless thee, our dear little prince.” -And he went on and on, farther and farther, into the deep wood; and -he thought over the foolish and heartless talk of the two selfish -chatterers, and could not understand it. He would fain have forgotten -it, but he could not. And the more he pondered, the more it seemed to -him as if a malicious spider had spun her web around him, and as if his -eyes were weary with trying to look through it. - -And suddenly he came to a still water, above which young beeches -lovingly entwined their arms. He looked in the water, and his eyes -were riveted to it as if by enchantment. He could not move, but stood -and gazed in the soft, placid mirror, from the bosom of which the -tender green foliage, with the deep blue heavens between, gleamed so -wondrously upon him. His sorrow was all forgotten, and even the echo of -the discord in his little heart was hushed. That heart was once more -in his eyes; and fain would he have drunk in the soft beauty of the -colours that lay beneath him, or have plunged into the lovely deep. - -Then the breeze began to sigh among the tree-tops. The Child raised his -eyes and saw overhead the quivering green, and the deep blue behind -it, and he knew not whether he were waking or dreaming: which were the -real leaves and the real heaven,--those in the depths above, or in the -depths beneath? Long did the Child waver, and his thoughts floated -in a delicious dreaminess from one to the other, till the dragonfly -flew to him in affectionate haste, and with rustling wings greeted her -kind host. The Child returned her greeting, and was glad to meet an -acquaintance with whom he could share the rich feast of his joy. But -first he asked the dragonfly if she could decide for him between the -Upper and the Nether--the heighth and the depth? The dragonfly flew -above, and beneath, and around; but the water spake: “The foliage and -the sky above are not the true ones: the leaves wither and fall; the -sky is often overcast, and sometimes quite dark.” Then the leaves and -the sky said, “The water only apes us; it must change its pictures at -our pleasure, and can retain none.” Then the dragonfly remarked, that -the heighth and the depth existed only in the eyes of the Child, and -that the leaves and the sky were true and real only in his thoughts; -because in the mind alone the picture was permanent and enduring, and -could be carried with him whithersoever he went. - -This she said to the Child; but she immediately warned him to return, -for the leaves were already beating the tattoo in the evening breeze, -and the lights were disappearing one by one in every corner. Then the -Child confessed to her with alarm that he knew not how he should find -the way back, and that he feared the dark night would overtake him if -he attempted to go home alone; so the dragonfly flew on before him, -and shewed him a cave in the rock where he might pass the night. And -the Child was well content; for he had often wished to try if he could -sleep out of his accustomed bed. - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -VIII. - - -But the dragonfly was fleet, and gratitude strengthened her wings to -pay her host the honour she owed him. And truly in the dim twilight -good counsel and guidance were scarce. She flitted hither and -thither without knowing rightly what was to be done; when, by the -last vanishing sunbeam, she saw hanging on the edge of the cave some -strawberries who had drunk so deep of the evening-red, that their -heads were quite heavy. Then she flew up to a harebell who stood near, -and whispered in her ear that the lord and king of all the flowers was -in the wood, and ought to be received and welcomed as beseemed his -dignity. Aglaia did not need that this should be repeated. She began -to ring her sweet bells with all her might; and when her neighbour -heard the sound, she rang hers also; and soon all the harebells, great -and small, were in motion, and rang as if it had been for the nuptials -of their mother earth herself, with the prince of the sun. The tone -of the blue bells was deep and rich, and that of the white, high and -clear, and all blended together in a delicious harmony. - -But the birds were fast asleep in their high nests, and the ears of the -other animals were not delicate enough, or were too much overgrown with -hair, to hear them. The fireflies alone heard the joyous peal, for they -were akin to the flowers, through their common ancestor, light. They -inquired of their nearest relation, the lily of the valley, and from -her they heard that a large flower had just passed along the foot-path -more blooming than the loveliest rose, and with two stars more -brilliant than those of the brightest firefly, and that it must needs -be their king. Then all the fireflies flew up and down the foot path, -and sought every where, till at length they came, as the dragonfly had -hoped they would, to the cave. - -And now, as they looked at the Child, and every one of them saw itself -reflected in his clear eyes, they rejoiced exceedingly, and called all -their fellows together, and alighted on the bushes all around; and soon -it was so light in the cave, that herb and grass began to grow as if -it had been broad day. Now, indeed, was the joy and triumph of the -dragonfly complete. The Child was delighted with the merry and silvery -tones of the bells, and with the many little bright-eyed companions -around him, and with the deep red strawberries which bowed down their -head to his touch. - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -IX. - - -And when he had eaten his fill, he sat down on the soft moss, crossed -one little leg over the other, and began to gossip with the fireflies. -And as he so often thought on his unknown parents, he asked them who -were their parents. Then the one nearest to him gave him answer; and he -told how that they were formerly flowers, but none of those who thrust -their rooty hands greedily into the ground and draw nourishment from -the dingy earth, only to make themselves fat and large withal; but -that the light was dearer to them than any thing, even at night; and -while the other flowers slept, they gazed unwearied on the light, and -drank it in with eager adoration,--sun and moon and star light. And -the light had so thoroughly purified them, that they had not sucked in -poisonous juices like the yellow flowers of the earth, but sweet odours -for sick and fainting hearts, and oil of potent, ethereal virtue for -the weak and the wounded; and, at length, when their autumn came, they -did not, like the others, wither and sink down, leaf and flower, to be -swallowed up by the darksome earth, but shook off their earthly garment -and mounted aloft into the clear air. But there it was so wondrously -bright, that sight failed them; and when they came to themselves again, -they were fireflies, each sitting on a withered flower-stalk. - -And now the Child liked the bright-eyed flies better than ever; and -he talked a little longer with them, and inquired why they shewed -themselves so much more in spring. They did it, they said, in the hope -that their gold-green radiance might allure their cousins, the flowers, -to the pure love of light. - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -X. - - -During this conversation the dragonfly had been preparing a bed for her -host. The moss upon which the Child sat had grown a foot high behind -his back, out of pure joy; but the dragonfly and her sisters had so -revelled upon it, that it was now laid at its length along the cave. -The dragonfly had awakened every spider in the neighbourhood out of -her sleep, and when they saw the brilliant light, they had set to -work spinning so industriously that their web hung down like a curtain -before the mouth of the cave. But as the Child saw the ant peeping up -at him, he entreated the fireflies not to deprive themselves any longer -of their merry games in the wood, on his account. And the dragonfly -and her sisters raised the curtain till the Child had laid him down to -rest, and then let it fall again, that the mischievous gnats might not -get in to disturb his slumbers. - -The Child laid himself down to sleep, for he was very tired; but he -could not sleep, for his couch of moss was quite another thing than -his little bed, and the cave was all strange to him. He turned himself -on one side and then on the other, and as nothing would do, he raised -himself and sat upright to wait till sleep might choose to come. But -sleep would not come at all;--and the only wakeful eyes in the whole -wood were the Child’s. For the harebells had rung themselves weary, -and the fireflies had flown about till they were tired, and even the -dragonfly, who would fain have kept watch in front of the cave, had -dropped sound asleep. - -The wood grew stiller and stiller: here and there fell a dry leaf which -had been driven from its old dwelling place by a fresh one; here and -there a young bird gave a soft chirp when its mother squeezed it in the -nest;--and from time to time a gnat hummed for a minute or two in the -curtain, till a spider crept on tip-toe along its web, and gave him -such a gripe in the wind-pipe as soon spoiled his trumpeting. - -And the deeper the silence became, the more intently did the Child -listen, and at last the slightest sound thrilled him from head to foot. -At length, all was still as death in the wood; and the world seemed as -if it never would wake again. The Child bent forward to see whether it -were as dark abroad as in the cave, but he saw nothing save the pitch -dark night, who had wrapped every thing in her thick veil. Yet as he -looked upwards his eyes met the friendly glance of two or three stars, -and this was a most joyful surprise to him, for he felt himself no -longer so entirely alone. The stars were, indeed, far, far away, but -yet he knew them, and they knew him; for they looked into his eyes. - -The Child’s whole soul was fixed in his gaze; and it seemed to him as -if he must needs fly out of the darksome cave, thither where the stars -were beaming with such pure and serene light; and he felt how poor and -lowly he was, when he thought of their brilliancy; and how cramped and -fettered, when he thought of their free, unbounded course along the -heavens. - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -XI. - - -But the stars went on their course, and left their glittering picture -only a little while before the Child’s eyes. Even this faded, and then -vanished quite away. And he was beginning to feel tired, and to wish -to lay himself down again, when a flickering will-o’-the-wisp appeared -from behind a bush,--so that the Child thought, at first, one of the -stars had wandered out of its way and had come to visit him, and to -take him with it. And the Child breathed quick with joy and surprise, -and then the will-o’-the-wisp came nearer and set himself down on a -damp, mossy stone in front of the cave, and another fluttered quickly -after him, and sat down over against him and sighed deeply, “Thank God, -then, that I can rest at last!” - -“Yes,” said the other, “for that you may thank the innocent Child who -sleeps there within; it was his pure breath that freed us.”--“Are you -then,” said the Child, hesitatingly, “not of yon stars which wander so -brightly there above?”--“Oh, if we were stars,” replied the first, “we -should pursue our tranquil path through the pure element, and should -leave this wood and the whole darksome earth to itself.”--“And not,” -said the other, “sit brooding on the face of the shallow pool.” - -The Child was curious to know who these could be who shone so -beautifully, and yet seemed so discontented. Then, the first began to -relate how he had been a child too, and how, as he grew up, it had -always been his greatest delight to deceive people and play them -tricks, to show his wit and cleverness. He had always, he said, poured -such a stream of smooth words over people, and encompassed himself with -such a shining mist, that men had been attracted by it to their own -hurt. But once on a time there appeared a plain man who only spoke two -or three simple words, and suddenly the bright mist vanished, and left -him naked and deformed, to the scorn and mockery of the whole world. -But the man had turned away his face from him in pity, while he was -almost dead with shame and anger. And when he came to himself again, -he knew not what had befallen him, till, at length, he found that it -was his fate to hover, without rest or change, over the surface of the -bog as a will-o’-the-wisp. - -“With me it fell out quite otherwise,” said the first: “Instead of -giving light without warmth, as I now do, I burned without shining. -When I was only a child, people gave way to me in every thing, so that -I was intoxicated with self-love. If I saw any one shine, I longed -to put out his light; and the more intensely I wished this, the more -did my own small glimmering turn back upon myself, and inwardly burn -fiercely, while all without was darker than ever. But if any one who -shone more brightly would have kindly given me of his light, then did -my inward flame burst forth to destroy him But the flame passed through -the light and harmed it not; it shone only the more brightly, while -I was withered and exhausted. And once upon a time I met a little -smiling child, who played with a cross of palm branches, and wore a -beamy coronet around his golden locks. He took me kindly by the hand -and said, ‘My friend, you are now very gloomy and sad, but if you will -become a child again, even as I am, you will have a bright circlet such -as I have.’ When I heard that, I was so angry with myself and with -the child, that I was scorched by my inward fire. Now would I fain -fly up to the sun to fetch rays from him, but the rays drove me back -with these words: ‘Return thither whence thou camest, thou dark fire -of envy, for the sun lightens only in love; the greedy earth, indeed, -sometimes turns his mild light into scorching fire. Fly back, then, -for with thy like alone must thou dwell.’ I fell, and when I recovered -myself, I was glimmering coldly above the stagnant waters.” - -While they were talking, the Child had fallen asleep; for he knew -nothing of the world nor of men, and he could make nothing of their -stories. Weariness had spoken a more intelligible language to -him--_that_ he understood, and had fallen asleep. - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -XII. - - -Softly and soundly he slept till the rosy morning clouds stood upon the -mountain, and announced the coming of their lord, the sun. But as soon -as the tidings spread over field and wood, the thousand-voiced echo -awoke, and sleep was no more to be thought of. - -And soon did the royal sun himself arise; at first, his dazzling diadem -alone appeared above the mountains; at length, he stood upon their -summit in the full majesty of his beauty, in all the charms of eternal -youth, bright and glorious, his kindly glance embracing every creature -of earth, from the stately oak to the blade of grass bending under the -foot of the wayfaring man. - -Then arose from every breast, from every throat, the joyous song of -praise; and it was as if the whole plain and wood were become a temple, -whose roof was the heaven, whose altar the mountain, whose congregation -all creatures, whose priest the sun. - -But the Child walked forth and was glad, for the birds sang sweetly, -and it seemed to him as if every thing sported and danced out of mere -joy to be alive. Here flew two finches through the thicket, and, -twittering, pursued each other; there, the young buds burst asunder, -and the tender leaves peeped out and expanded themselves in the warm -sun, as if they would abide in his glance for ever; here, a dewdrop -trembled, sparkling and twinkling on a blade of grass, and knew not -that beneath him stood a little moss who was thirsting after him; -there, troops of flies flew aloft, as if they would soar far, far over -the wood: and so all was life and motion, and the Child’s heart joyed -to see it. - -He sat down on a little smooth plot of turf, shaded by the branches of -a nut-bush, and thought he should now sip the cup of his delight, drop -by drop. And first he plucked down some brambles which threatened him -with their prickles; then he bent aside some branches which concealed -the view; then he removed the stones, so that he might stretch out his -feet at full length on the soft turf; and when he had done all this, -he bethought himself what was yet to do; and as he found nothing, he -stood up to look for his acquaintance the dragonfly, and to beg her to -guide him once more out of the wood into the open fields. About midway -he met her, and she began to excuse herself for having fallen asleep -in the night. The Child thought not of the past, were it even but a -minute ago, so earnestly did he now wish to get out from among the -thick and close trees; for his heart beat high, and he felt as if he -should breathe freer in the open ground. The dragonfly flew on before -and shewed him the way as far as the outermost verge of the wood, -whence the Child could espy his own little hut, and then flew away to -her playfellows. - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -XIII. - - -The Child walked forth alone upon the fresh, dewy corn-field. A -thousand little suns glittered in his eyes, and a lark soared warbling -above his head. And the lark proclaimed the joys of the coming year, -and awakened endless hopes, while she soared circling higher and -higher, till, at length, her song was like the soft whisper of an angel -holding converse with the spring, under the blue arch of heaven. The -Child had seen the earth-coloured little bird rise up before him, and -it seemed to him as if the earth had sent her forth from her bosom as a -messenger to carry her joy and her thanks up to the sun, because he had -turned his beaming countenance again upon her in love and bounty. And -the lark hung poised above the hope-giving field, and warbled her clear -and joyous song. - -She sang of the loveliness of the rosy dawn, and the fresh brilliancy -of the earliest sunbeams; of the gladsome springing of the young -flowers, and the vigorous shooting of the corn; and her song pleased -the Child beyond measure. - -But the lark wheeled in higher and higher circles, and her song sounded -softer and sweeter. - -And now she sang of the first delights of early love; of wanderings -together on the sunny, fresh hill-tops, and of the sweet pictures -and visions that arise out of the blue and misty distance. The -Child understood not rightly what he heard, and fain would he have -understood, for he thought that even in such visions must be wondrous -delight. He gazed aloft after the unwearied bird, but she had -disappeared in the morning mist. - -Then the Child leaned his head on one shoulder to listen if he could no -longer hear the little messenger of spring; and he could just catch the -distant and quivering notes in which she sang of the fervent longing -after the clear element of freedom; after the pure, all-present light; -and of the blessed foretaste of this desired enfranchisement, of this -blending in the sea of celestial happiness. - -Yet longer did he listen; for the tones of her song carried him there, -where, as yet, his thoughts had never reached, and he felt himself -happier in this short and imperfect flight than ever he had felt -before. But the lark now dropped suddenly to the earth, for her little -body was too heavy for the ambient æther, and her wings were not large -nor strong enough for the pure element. - -Then the red corn-poppies laughed at the homely looking bird, and cried -to one another and to the surrounding blades of corn, in a shrill -voice, “Now, indeed, you may see what comes of flying so high, and -striving and straining after mere air; people only lose their time, -and bring back nothing but weary wings and an empty stomach. That -vulgar-looking ill-dressed little creature would fain raise herself -above us all, and has kept up a mighty noise. And now there she lies -on the ground and can hardly breathe, while we have stood still where -we are sure of a good meal, and have staid like people of sense where -there is something substantial to be had; and in the time she has been -fluttering and singing, we have grown a good deal taller and fatter.” - -The other little red-caps chattered and screamed their assent so -loud, that the Child’s ears tingled, and he wished he could chastise -them for their spiteful jeers; when a cyane said, in a soft voice, to -her younger playmates, “Dear friends, be not led astray by outward -show, nor by discourse, which regards only outward show. The lark is, -indeed, weary, and the space into which she has soared is void; but -the void is not what the lark sought, nor is the seeker returned empty -home. She strove after light and freedom, and light and freedom has she -proclaimed. She left the earth and its enjoyments, but she has drunk of -the pure air of heaven, and has seen that it is not the earth, but the -sun that is steadfast. And if earth has called her back, it can keep -nothing of her but what is its own. Her sweet voice and her soaring -wings belong to the sun, and will enter into light and freedom, long -after the foolish prater shall have sunk and been buried in the dark -prison of the earth.” - -And the lark heard her wise and friendly discourse, and with renewed -strength, she sprang once more into the clear and beautiful blue. - -Then the Child clapped his little hands for joy, that the sweet bird -had flown up again, and that the red-caps must hold their tongues for -shame. - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -XIV. - - -And the Child was become happy and joyful, and breathed freely again, -and thought no more of returning to his hut, for he saw that nothing -returned inwards, but rather that all strove outwards into the free -air; the rosy apple blossoms from their narrow buds, and the gurgling -notes from the narrow breast of the lark. 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And -many a little gnat and beetle burst the narrow cell in which it was -enclosed, and crept out slowly, and, half asleep, unfolded and shook -its tender wings, and soon gained strength, and flew off to untried -delights. - -And as the butterflies came forth from their chrysalids in all their -gaiety and splendour, so did every humbled and suppressed aspiration -and hope free itself, and boldly launch into the open and flowing sea -of spring. - - - - -[Illustration] - - - - -LONDON: - -Printed by Maurice & Co., Fenchurch Street. - - - - - MRS. 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