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even though sleep and the dream be kept at arm's length。 

     The child�察�not asleep�察�but passing through the hours of sleep and their 

dominions�察�knows that the mood of night will have its hour�察�he puts off his 

troubled heart�察�and will answer it another time�察�in the other state�察�by day。 

;I shall be able to bear this when I am grown up; is not oftener in a young 

child's mind than ;I shall endure to think of it in the day´time。;                  By this 

he    confesses     the    double    habit    and    double    experience�察     �not   to   be 

interchanged�察�and communicating together only by memory and hope。 

     Perhaps it will be found that to work all by day or all by night is to 

miss   something   of the powers   of   a   complex   mind。         One   might   imagine 

the rhythmic experience of a poet�察�subject�察�like a   child�察�to the time�察  �and 

tempering the extremities of either state by messages of remembrance and 

expectancy。 

     Never     to  have   had   a  brilliant   dream�察   �and   never    to  have   had   any 

delirium�察�would be to live too much in the day�察�and hardly less would be 

the   loss   of   him   who   had   not   exercised   his   waking   thought   under   the 



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influence of the hours claimed by dreams。                 And as to choosing between 

day and night�察�or guessing whether the state of day or dark is the truer and 

the more natural�察�he would be rash who should make too sure。 

     In order to live the life of night�察�a watcher must not wake too much。 

That is�察�he should not alter so greatly the character of night as to lose the 

solitude�察�the visible darkness�察�or the quietude。             The hours of sleep are too 

much   altered   when   they   are   filled   by   lights   and   crowds�察  �and   Nature   is 

cheated so�察�and evaded�察�and her rhythm broken�察�as when the larks caged in 

populous streets make ineffectual springs and sing daybreak songs when 

the London gas is lighted。           Nature is easily deceived�察�and the muse�察�like 

the lark�察�may be set all astray as to the hour。            You may spend the peculiar 

hours of sleep amid so much noise and among so many people that you 

shall not be   aware of   them�察  �you   may  thus   merely force   and   prolong the 

day。    But to do so is not to live well both lives�察�it is not to yield to the 

daily and nightly rise and fall and to be cradled in the swing of change。 

     There surely never was a poet but was now and then rocked in such a 

cradle of alternate hours。         ;It cannot be�察─�says Herbert�察 �that I am he on 

whom Thy tempests fell all night。; 

     It is in the hours of sleep that the mind�察�by some divine paradox�察�has 

the  extremest   sense   of   light。    Almost   the   most   shining   lines   in   English 

poetrylines      that   cast   sunrise    shadowsare      those    of   Blake�察   �written 

confessedly   from   the   side   of   night�察  �the   side   of   sorrow   and   dreams�察  �and 

those dreams the dreams of little chimney´sweepers�察�all is as dark as he 

can make it with the ;bags of soot;�察�but the boy's dream of the green plain 

and the river is too bright   for day。          So�察�indeed�察 �is another brightness of 

Blake's�察  �which   is   also�察  �in   his   poem�察  �a   child's   dream�察  �and   was   certainly 

conceived   by   him   in   the   hours   of   sleep�察  �in   which   he   woke   to   write   the 

Songs of Innocence�此� 

       O what land is the land of dreams�拭�What are its mountains�察�and what 

are   its   streams�拭  �O   father�察  �I   saw   my   mother   there�察  �Among   the   lilies   by 

waters     fair。  Among     the   lambs    clothed    in  white�察  �She    walk'd    with   her 

Thomas in sweet delight。 

       To none but the hours claimed and inspired by sleep�察�held awake by 

sufferance of sleep�察�belongs such a vision。 



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     Corot   also   took   the   brilliant   opportunity   of   the   hours   of   sleep。     In 

some landscapes of his early manner he has the very light of dreams�察�and 

it was surely because he went abroad at the time when sleep and dreams 

claimed   his   eyes   that   he   was   able   to   see   so   spiritual   an   illumination。 

Summer is precious for a painter�察�chiefly because in summer so many of 

the hours of sleep are also hours of light。               He carries the mood of man's 

night out into the sunshineCorot did so´ ´and lives the life of night�察�in all 

its genius�察�in the presence of a risen sun。             In the only time when the heart 

can   dream   of   light�察  �in   the   night   of   visions�察  �with   the   rhythmic   power   of 

night at its dark noon in his mind�察�his eyes see the soaring of the actual 

sun。 

     He himself has not yet passed at that hour into the life of day。                   To that 

life   belongs   many   another   kind   of   work�察  �and   a   sense   of   other   kinds   of 

beauty�察  �but   the   summer   daybreak   was   seen   by   Corot   with   the   extreme 

perception of the life of night。           Here�察�at last�察�is the explanation of all the 

memories of dreams recalled by these visionary paintings�察�done in earlier 

years than were those�察�better known�察�that are the Corots of all the world。 

Every man who knows what it is to dream of landscape meets with one of 

these works of Corot's first manner with a cry�察�not of welcome only�察�but of 

recognition。       Here   is   morning   perceived   by   the   spirit   of   the   hours   of 

sleep。 



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                            THE HORIZON 



     To mount a hill is to lift with you something lighter and brighter than 

yourself   or   than   any   meaner   burden。     You   lift   the   world�察  �you   raise   the 

horizon�察�you give a signal for the distance to stand up。 It is like the scene 

in the Vatican when a Cardinal�察�with his dramatic Italian hands�察�bids the 

kneeling groups to arise。         He does more than bid them。             He lifts them�察�

he gathers them up�察�far and near�察�with the upward gesture of both arms�察�he 

takes them to their feet with the compulsion of his expressive force。                Or it 

is as when a conductor takes his players to successive heights of music。 

You     summon      the  sea�察 �you   bring   the   mountains�察    �the  distances    unfold 

unlooked´for wings and take an even flight。             You are but a man lifting his 

weight   upon   the   upward   road�察  �but   as   you   climb   the   circle   of   the   world 

goes up to face you。 

     Not here or there�察�but   with a definite  continuity�察�the  unseen unfolds。 

This distant hill outsoars that less distant�察�but all are on the wing�察�and the 

plain raises its verge。      All things follow and wait upon your eyes。               You 

lift these up�察�not by the raising of your eyelids�察�but by the pilgrimage of 

your   body。     ;Lift   thine   eyes   to   the   mountains。;   It   is   then   that   other 

mountains lift themselves to your human eyes。 

     It is the law whereby the eye and the horizon answer one another that 

makes the way up a hill so full of universal movement。                All the landscape 

is on pilgrimage。        The town gathers itself closer�察�and its inner harbours 

literally come to light�察�the headlands repeat themselves�察�little cups within 

the treeless hills open and show their farms。            In the sea are many regions。 

A breeze is at play for a mile or two�察�and the surface is turned。              There are 

roads and curves in the blue and in the white。             Not a step of your journey 

up the height that has not its replies in the steady motion of land and sea。 

Things rise together like a flock of many´feathered birds。 

     But it is the horizon�察�more than all else�察�you have come in search of。 

That is your chief companion on your way。                It is to uplift the horizon to 

the equality of your sight that you go high。           You give it a distance worthy 

of the skies。      There is no distance�察�except the distance in the sky�察�to be 



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seen from the level earth�察�but from the height is to be seen the distance of 

this world。      The line is sent back into the remoteness of light�察�the verge is 

removed beyond verge�察�into a distance that is enormous and minute。 

     So delicate and so slender is the distant horizon that nothing less near 

than   Queen   Mab   and   her   chariot   can   equal   its   fineness。      Here   on   t
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