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he had travelled in the scented south, and his discoveries were many and his
fame great.
them in peace, leaving such work as his to the young; but he answered that
he had yet another voyage to make before rest time came, and he manned his ship
and sailed away for the polar lands.
sea-passage, new frost-bound islands; or for seal and white bear skins?”
enough, and the end of all is a pleasureless, vain fulfilment. To-day I work for no
end; I sail for the sailing’s sake; and I keep my course for the seaman’s lode-star,
the point that draws the compass and guides my destiny.”
caught and gave back the broken splendour of them.
ploughed through a white world, and night and day merged into a divine twilight.
Seals cried mournful warning to each other across a noiseless dividing space; further
still, and bears, scarcely distinguishable against the snowy landscape, were the only
signs of active life. In time even these gave way to utter blankness and iciness, and
the frail ship lay between a heaven of tattered fire and an earth of frost.
bearings and dared not sail except under the captain’s guidance. As for him, he
stood motionless at the ship’s head, silent and self-absorbed, and heeded not their
murmurings.
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to purple: the snow shone blue and unearthly. It grew warmer, and faint sweet
odours crept on the breeze. They found themselves land-locked before and on
either hand.
days were to follow a line of light discernible ahead, where, he said, they would
find him.
misgiving the men set out.
dead body of their master. Strangely enough, it showed no marks of death by frost, but
was slightly charred.
appeared a figure of awful beauty, with upraised flaming sword. Behind this loveliness
there seemed to be a gate, set in a white wall overtopped by luxuriant vegetation. It
was but a momentary vision, then the blinding light faded, and the men in speechless
terror fled.
they knew not, a wind impelled them.
the north that the sailor told me this tale; and as a warning to all who would vain-
gloriously search for the magnetic north.
walled Garden, there stands, said he, the Tree of Life, guiding the world until the
Great Time comes when we may see it and be immortal.