The perfect stillness of the night was thrilled by a more solemn silence. The darkness held a presence that was all the more felt because it was not seen. I could not any more have doubted that HE was there than that I was. Indeed, I felt myself to be, if possible, the less real of the two.


Writings, 1902-1910 (ed. Library of America, 1987) - ISBN: 9780940450387

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The perfect stillness of the night was thrilled by a more solemn silence. The darkness held a presence that was all the more felt because it was not...

The perfect stillness of the night was thrilled by a more solemn silence. The darkness held a presence that was all the more felt because it was not...

The perfect stillness of the night was thrilled by a more solemn silence. The darkness held a presence that was all the more felt because it was not...

The perfect stillness of the night was thrilled by a more solemn silence. The darkness held a presence that was all the more felt because it was not...