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For contemplation falls upon the spirit, Like the chill silence of an autumn sun: While action, like the roaring south-west wind, Sweeps laden with elixirs, with rich draughts Quickening the wombed earth.

From Daily Thoughts selected from the writings of Charles Kingsley by his wife by Kingsley, Fanny E.