[produced] [by] [david] [widger] [twice] [told] [tales] [the] [vision] [of] [the] [fountain] [by] [nathaniel] [hawthorne] at [fifteen] [,] [i] [became] [a] [resident] [in] [a] [country] [village] [,] [more] [than] [a] [hundred] [miles] [from] home [.] 1 at 19 home the ground was rocky , uneven , overgrown with bushes and clumps of young saplings , and traversed only by cattle-paths [.] 1 the 2 ground 2 ground 17 and 3 was 4 rocky 3 was 17 and 5 , 6 uneven 5 , 7 , 7 , 8 overgrown 7 , 16 , 8 overgrown 9 with 9 with 11 and 10 bushes 11 and 11 and 12 clumps 11 and 13 of 13 of 15 saplings 14 young 15 saplings 16 , 17 and 17 and 18 traversed 17 and 19 only 19 only 20 by 20 by 21 cattle-paths one solitary sunbeam found its way down , and played like a goldfish in the water [.] 1 one 3 sunbeam 2 solitary 3 sunbeam 3 sunbeam 9 and 4 found 6 way 4 found 7 down 4 found 9 and 5 its 6 way 8 , 9 and 9 and 10 played 9 and 11 like 9 and 14 in 11 like 13 goldfish 12 a 13 goldfish 14 in 16 water 15 the 16 water [from] [my] [childhood] [,] [i] [have] [loved] [to] [gaze] [into] [a] [spring] [.] the bottom was covered with coarse sand , which sparkled in the lonely sunbeam , and seemed to illuminate the spring with an unborrowed light [.] 1 the 2 bottom 2 bottom 16 and 3 was 4 covered 3 was 16 and 5 with 7 sand 6 coarse 7 sand 7 sand 9 which 8 , 9 which 9 which 10 sparkled 9 which 15 , 10 sparkled 11 in 11 in 14 sunbeam 12 the 14 sunbeam 13 lonely 14 sunbeam 15 , 16 and 16 and 17 seemed 16 and 18 to 18 to 19 illuminate 19 illuminate 21 spring 19 illuminate 22 with 20 the 21 spring 21 spring 22 with 22 with 25 light 23 an 25 light 24 unborrowed 25 light wherever she laid her hands on grass and flowers , they would immediately be moist , as with morning dew [.] 1 wherever 2 she 1 wherever 3 laid 1 wherever 10 , 1 wherever 11 they 2 she 3 laid 3 laid 5 hands 3 laid 6 on 4 her 5 hands 5 hands 6 on 6 on 8 and 7 grass 8 and 8 and 9 flowers 11 they 12 would 12 would 14 be 13 immediately 14 be 14 be 15 moist 15 moist 18 with 16 , 18 with 17 as 18 with 18 with 20 dew 19 morning 20 dew they were the reflection of my own [.] 1 they 2 were 2 were 4 reflection 3 the 4 reflection 4 reflection 5 of 5 of 7 own 6 my 7 own the vision had the aspect of a fair young girl , with locks of [paly] gold [.] 1 the 2 vision 2 vision 3 had 3 had 5 aspect 4 the 5 aspect 5 aspect 6 of 6 of 10 girl 7 a 8 fair 7 a 10 girl 8 fair 10 girl 9 young 10 girl 10 girl 12 with 11 , 12 with 12 with 13 locks 13 locks 14 of 14 of 16 gold my description can give no idea [how] suddenly the fountain [was] thus tenanted [,] [and] [how] [soon] [it] [was] [left] [desolate] [.] 1 my 2 description 2 description 3 can 3 can 4 give 4 give 6 idea 4 give 8 suddenly 4 give 10 fountain 5 no 6 idea 9 the 10 fountain 10 fountain 13 tenanted 12 thus 13 tenanted i [breathed] [;] [and] [there] was the face [!] 1 i 6 was 6 was 8 face 7 the 8 face i held my breath [;] [and] [it] [was] [gone] [!] 1 i 2 held 2 held 4 breath 3 my 4 breath had it passed away , or faded into nothing [?] 1 had 2 it 1 had 6 or 3 passed 4 away 3 passed 6 or 5 , 6 or 6 or 7 faded 6 or 8 into 8 into 9 nothing i doubted [whether] it had ever been [.] 1 i 2 doubted 2 doubted 4 it 2 doubted 7 been 4 it 5 had 5 had 7 been 6 ever 7 been my sweet readers , [what] [a] [dreamy] [and] [delicious] [hour] [did] [i] [spend] [,] [where] [that] [vision] [found] [and] [left] [me] [!] 1 my 3 readers 1 my 4 , 2 sweet 3 readers thus [have] [i] [often] [started] [from] [a] [pleasant] [dream] , and [then] [kept] [quiet] , [in] [hopes] to wile it back [.] 1 thus 10 , 1 thus 15 , 10 , 11 and 15 , 18 to 18 to 19 wile 19 wile 20 it 19 wile 21 back deep were my musings , as to the race and attributes of that ethereal being [.] 1 deep 2 were 2 were 4 musings 2 were 7 to 3 my 4 musings 5 , 7 to 6 as 7 to 7 to 10 and 8 the 9 race 9 race 10 and 10 and 11 attributes 10 and 12 of 12 of 15 being 13 that 14 ethereal 14 ethereal 15 being [had] [i] [created] [her] [?] was she the daughter of my fancy , akin to those strange shapes which peep under the lids of children 's eyes ? 1 was 2 she 1 was 4 daughter 3 the 4 daughter 4 daughter 5 of 5 of 7 fancy 6 my 7 fancy 7 fancy 10 to 8 , 10 to 9 akin 10 to 10 to 13 shapes 10 to 23 ? 11 those 13 shapes 12 strange 13 shapes 13 shapes 14 which 13 shapes 15 peep 14 which 15 peep 15 peep 16 under 16 under 18 lids 17 the 18 lids 18 lids 19 of 19 of 22 eyes 20 children 21 's 21 's 22 eyes and did her beauty gladden me , for that one [moment] , and then die [?] 1 and 2 did 1 and 13 and 2 did 4 beauty 2 did 13 and 3 her 4 beauty 5 gladden 6 me 5 gladden 13 and 7 , 8 for 7 , 12 , 8 for 10 one 9 that 10 one 12 , 13 and 13 and 15 die 14 then 15 die i watched and waited [,] [but] [no] [vision] [came] again [.] 1 i 3 and 2 watched 3 and 3 and 4 waited 4 waited 10 again i departed , but with a spell upon me , which drew me back , that [same] afternoon , to the haunted spring [.] 1 i 2 departed 2 departed 4 but 2 departed 20 to 3 , 4 but 4 but 5 with 5 with 7 spell 6 a 7 spell 7 spell 8 upon 7 spell 11 which 7 spell 18 afternoon 8 upon 9 me 10 , 11 which 11 which 12 drew 11 which 15 , 12 drew 13 me 12 drew 14 back 15 , 18 afternoon 16 that 18 afternoon 18 afternoon 19 , 20 to 23 spring 21 the 23 spring 22 haunted 23 spring there [was] [the] [water] [gushing] , the sand sparkling , and the sunbeam glimmering [.] 1 there 6 , 6 , 11 and 7 the 9 sparkling 8 sand 9 sparkling 9 sparkling 11 and 10 , 11 and 11 and 13 sunbeam 11 and 14 glimmering 12 the 13 sunbeam methought he had a devilish look [!] 1 methought 2 he 2 he 3 had 3 had 6 look 4 a 5 devilish 4 a 6 look 5 devilish 6 look i could have slain him [!] 1 i 2 could 2 could 3 have 3 have 4 slain 4 slain 5 him thus did [the] [vision] [leave] [me] [;] [and] [many] [a] [doleful] [day] [succeeded] [to] [the] [parting] [moment] [.] 1 thus 2 did weeks came and went [,] [months] [rolled] away [,] [and] [she] [appeared] [not] in [them] [.] 1 weeks 3 and 2 came 3 and 3 and 4 went 4 went 8 away 4 went 14 in i withdrew into an inner world , where [my] [thoughts] [lived] [and] [breathed] [,] [and] [the] [vision] in the midst of them [.] 1 i 2 withdrew 2 withdrew 3 into 2 withdrew 18 in 3 into 7 , 4 an 5 inner 4 an 6 world 5 inner 6 world 6 world 7 , 7 , 8 where 18 in 20 midst 19 the 20 midst 20 midst 21 of 21 of 22 them in the middle of [january] , [i] was summoned home [.] 1 in 2 the 2 the 3 middle 3 middle 4 of 3 middle 8 was 4 of 6 , 8 was 9 summoned 9 summoned 10 home most of the day was spent in preparing for the journey , which was to commence at four o'clock the next morning [.] 1 most 2 of 1 most 5 was 2 of 4 day 3 the 4 day 5 was 6 spent 6 spent 7 in 6 spent 9 for 7 in 8 preparing 9 for 11 journey 10 the 11 journey 11 journey 13 which 12 , 13 which 13 which 14 was 14 was 15 to 14 was 16 commence 15 to 16 commence 16 commence 17 at 16 commence 22 morning 17 at 19 o'clock 18 four 19 o'clock 20 the 21 next 21 next 22 morning a gust of [wind] [blew] [out] [my] [lamp] [as] [i] [passed] through the entry [.] 1 a 2 gust 2 gust 3 of 3 of 14 entry 12 through 13 the 13 the 14 entry there was no light [,] except the little that came sullenly from two half-burned brands , without even glimmering on the andirons [.] 1 there 2 was 2 was 4 light 3 no 4 light 4 light 6 except 4 light 9 that 4 light 10 came 4 light 17 without 6 except 8 little 7 the 8 little 9 that 10 came 10 came 11 sullenly 10 came 12 from 12 from 15 brands 13 two 15 brands 14 half-burned 15 brands 16 , 17 without 17 without 19 glimmering 18 even 19 glimmering 19 glimmering 20 on 20 on 22 andirons 21 the 22 andirons i noticed that there was less room than usual , to-night , between the collegian ['s] chair and mine [.] 1 i 2 noticed 2 noticed 3 that 3 that 4 there 3 that 5 was 4 there 5 was 5 was 7 room 5 was 8 than 5 was 13 between 6 less 7 room 8 than 11 to-night 9 usual 10 , 9 usual 11 to-night 12 , 13 between 13 between 18 and 14 the 17 chair 15 collegian 17 chair 17 chair 18 and 18 and 19 mine as people are always taciturn in the dark , [not] a word was said for some time after my entrance [.] 1 as 2 people 1 as 3 are 1 as 12 word 2 people 3 are 3 are 4 always 3 are 5 taciturn 6 in 8 dark 6 in 9 , 6 in 12 word 7 the 8 dark 11 a 12 word 12 word 13 was 13 was 14 said 14 said 15 for 14 said 18 after 15 for 17 time 16 some 17 time 17 time 18 after 18 after 20 entrance 19 my 20 entrance nothing broke the stillness but the regular click of the matron 's knitting-needles [.] 1 nothing 2 broke 2 broke 4 stillness 2 broke 5 but 3 the 4 stillness 4 stillness 5 but 5 but 8 click 6 the 8 click 7 regular 8 click 8 click 9 of 9 of 13 knitting-needles 10 the 11 matron 11 matron 12 's 12 's 13 knitting-needles were we not like ghosts [?] 1 were 2 we 1 were 3 not 1 were 4 like 3 not 4 like 4 like 5 ghosts we were aware of each other 's presence , not by sight , nor sound [,] nor touch , but by an inward consciousness [.] 1 we 2 were 2 were 17 nor 2 were 20 but 3 aware 4 of 3 aware 14 nor 4 of 8 presence 5 each 6 other 6 other 7 's 7 's 8 presence 8 presence 11 by 9 , 10 not 9 , 11 by 10 not 11 by 11 by 12 sight 11 by 13 , 14 nor 15 sound 14 nor 17 nor 17 nor 18 touch 19 , 20 but 20 but 21 by 21 by 24 consciousness 22 an 23 inward 23 inward 24 consciousness would it [not] be so among the dead [?] 1 would 2 it 1 would 4 be 4 be 5 so 4 be 6 among 6 among 8 dead 7 the 8 dead the silence was interrupted by the consumptive daughter , addressing a remark to some one in the circle , [whom] [she] [called] [rachel] [.] 1 the 2 silence 2 silence 3 was 3 was 4 interrupted 4 interrupted 5 by 5 by 8 daughter 6 the 8 daughter 7 consumptive 8 daughter 8 daughter 10 addressing 9 , 10 addressing 10 addressing 12 remark 10 addressing 13 to 10 addressing 16 in 11 a 12 remark 12 remark 13 to 13 to 15 one 14 some 15 one 16 in 17 the 17 the 18 circle 18 circle 19 , had [i] [ever] [heard] [that] [sweet] , [low] [tone] [?] 1 had 7 , whom had my heart recognized [,] [that] [it] [throbbed] [so] [?] 1 whom 2 had 1 whom 5 recognized 2 had 4 heart 2 had 5 recognized 3 my 4 heart she knew me [!] 1 she 2 knew 2 knew 3 me fair ladies [,] [there] [is] [nothing] [more] [to] [tell] [.] 1 fair 2 ladies if [i] [transformed] [her] to an angel , it is what every youthful lover does for his mistress [.] 1 if 9 it 5 to 7 angel 5 to 8 , 5 to 9 it 6 an 7 angel 9 it 10 is 10 is 11 what 11 what 14 lover 11 what 15 does 12 every 14 lover 13 youthful 14 lover 14 lover 15 does 15 does 16 for 16 for 18 mistress 17 his 18 mistress therein [consists] [the] essence [of] [my] [story] [.] 1 therein 4 essence but [slight] the [change] [,] [sweet] maids , to make angels of yourselves [!] 1 but 7 maids 1 but 8 , 3 the 7 maids 8 , 9 to 9 to 10 make 10 make 11 angels 11 angels 12 of 12 of 13 yourselves end of the [project] [gutenberg] [ebook] of [the] [vision] [of] [the] [fountain] [(] [from] ["] [twice] [told] [tales] ["] [)] , [by] [nathaniel] [hawthorne] 1 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