The whole was so close about the earth, as to express nothing but a violent secrecy.

The very empyrean seemed to be a secret.

It expressed that splendid smallness which is the soul of local patriotism.

The very sky seemed small.
I say that there are some inhabitants who may remember the evening if only by that oppressive sky.

There are others who may remember it because it marked the first appearance in the place of the second poet of Saffron Park.