I ceased to think, to feel; I was conscious only of the vast and glorious world of tree and sky which surrounded me.

I felt a thrill of wonder that I should be so placed.

I had often lain thus under other trees, but never in such a mood as this.

It was as if I had detached myself from the hitherto unbroken current of my personal life, and by some miracle of that marvellous place become part of the inarticulate life of Nature.

Clouds and trees, dim vistas of shadow and flower-starred space of sunlight, were no longer alien to me; I was akin with the vast and silent movement of things which encompassed me.
No new sound came to me, no new sight broke on my vision; but I heard with ears, and I saw with eyes, to which all other sounds and sights had ceased to be.