... its symbolism of eternity, being consigned towards the open sea' is a fitting end to Simon's life. The strange attendant creatures, like servants to their master, busied themselves' with silvering the line of his cheek' whilst a coat of pearls' transforms him into an effigy of sculptured marble. Simon is assimilated to the majestic universe and grandeur of nature's processes, which holds a web of connection between the grains of sand' and the steadfast constellations, the moonbeam-bodied ... is unable to comprehend why things break up:' why the others would surrender to instincts of blo...

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