Middlemarch - 59

by George Eliot in English Fiction Stories

CHAPTER LIX. “They said of old the Soul had human shape,But smaller, subtler than the fleshly self,So wandered forth for airing when it pleased.And see! beside her cherub-face there floatsA pale-lipped form aerial whisperingIts promptings in that little shell ...Read Moreear.” News is often dispersed as thoughtlessly and effectively as that pollen which the bees carry off (having no idea how powdery they are) when they are buzzing in search of their particular nectar. This fine comparison has reference to Fred Vincy, who on that evening at Lowick Parsonage heard a lively discussion among the ladies on the news which Read Less