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And as the moon rose higher the unessential houses begantomelt awayuntilgradually
Ibecameaware ofthe old island here
that flowered once for Dutch sailors' eyesa fresh, green
breast of the new world? For a transitory
enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the
presence of this continent, compelled into an aesthetic
contemplation he neither understood nor desired, face to
face for the last time in history with something
commensurate to his capacity for wonder.
1925 The Great Gatsby, ch.9. | ||
