Sunday, December 05, 2021
Tree Hugger
Nathaniel Hawthorne, The Marble Faun, chapter VIII:
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In a sudden rapture, he embraced the trunk of a sturdy tree, and seemed to imagine it a creature worthy of affection and capable of a tender response; he clasped it closely in his arms, as a Faun might have clasped the warm feminine grace of the Nymph, whom antiquity supposed to dwell within that rough, encircling rind.Related post: Tree Huggers.
