Beyond the fence the forest stood up spectrally in the moonlight, and …

Joseph Conrad
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Beyond the fence the forest stood up spectrally in the moonlight, and through the dim stir, through the faint sounds of that lamentable courtyard, the silence of the land went home to one's very heart - its mystery, its greatness, the amazing reality of its concealed life. ✨ Joseph Conrad, Robert Kimbrough (1963). Heart of darkness: an authoritative text, backgrounds and sources, ess ays in criticism
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