=2.= Slept till the white of morning o’er the hill
=3.= Was like a whisper groping in a hush.
The comparison of light to sound, “the white of morning like a
whisper,” is unusual but true.
=4.= The stream’s low trill seemed loud.
Why seemed the low trill loud?
=9.= Smacked of the autumn, and a heavy dew etc.
What association of sensations brings the picture of the autumn
fields?
Note how quickly the vision passed, an illustration of the
author’s power of concentration. Hugh was born in Pennsylvania.
What was his father’s business? How do you know from this and
other passages? See the lyrical passage on page 47.
=15.= He brooded on the mockeries of Chance,
On page 58 we saw Hugh in the act of literary composition; now
we see him a philosopher. This is a common fact among what we
call the “common” people. Note the grave-digger scene in Hamlet,
Act V.
Define: smacked, hoar, frore.