| I
turned again and again to gaze on the glorious picture, throwing up my
arms to enclose it as in a frame. After long ages of growth in the darkness
beneath the glaciers, through sunshine and storms, it seemed now to be
ready and waiting for the elected artist, like yellow wheat for the reaper;
and I could not help wishing that I were that artist. I had to be content,
however, to take it into my soul. |