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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + + +Title: Footprints on the Sea-Shore (From "Twice Told Tales") + +Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne + +Release Date: November, 2005 [EBook #9218] +First Posted: August 23, 2003 +Last Updated: April 2, 2013 + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FOOTPRINTS ON THE SEA-SHORE *** + + + + +Produced by David Widger and Al Haines. + + + + + +</pre> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <h3> + TWICE TOLD TALES<br /> + </h3> + <h2> + FOOTPRINTS ON THE SEA-SHORE<br /> + </h2> + <h3> + By Nathaniel Hawthorne<br /> + </h3> + <p> + <br /><br /> + </p> + <p> + It must be a spirit much unlike my own, which can keep itself in health + and vigor without sometimes stealing from the sultry sunshine of the + world, to plunge into the cool bath of solitude. At intervals, and not + infrequent ones, the forest and the ocean summon me—one with the + roar of its waves, the other with the murmur of its boughs—forth + from the haunts of men. But I must wander many a mile, ere I could stand + beneath the shadow of even one primeval tree, much less be lost among the + multitude of hoary trunks, and hidden from earth and sky by the mystery of + darksome foliage. Nothing is within my daily reach more like a forest than + the acre or two of woodland near some suburban farm-house. When, + therefore, the yearning for seclusion becomes a necessity within me, I am + drawn to the sea-shore, which extends its line of rude rocks and + seldom-trodden sands, for leagues around our bay. Setting forth at my last + ramble, on a September morning, I bound myself with a hermit's vow, to + interchange no thoughts with man or woman, to share no social pleasure, + but to derive all that day's enjoyment from shore, and sea, and sky,—from + my soul's communion with these, and from fantasies, and recollections, or + anticipated realities. Surely here is enough to feed a human spirit for a + single day. Farewell, then, busy world! Till your evening lights shall + shine along the street,—till they gleam upon my sea-flushed face, as + I tread homeward,—free me from your ties, and let me be a peaceful + outlaw. + </p> + <p> + Highways and cross-paths are hastily traversed, and, clambering down a + crag, I find myself at the extremity of a long beach. How gladly does the + spirit leap forth, and suddenly enlarge its sense of being to the full + extent of the broad, blue, sunny deep! A greeting and a homage to the Sea! + I descend over its margin, and dip my hand into the wave that meets me, + and bathe my brow. That far-resounding roar is Ocean's voice of welcome. + His salt breath brings a blessing along with it. Now let us pace together—the + reader's fancy arm in arm with mine—this noble beach, which extends + a mile or more from that craggy promontory to yonder rampart of broken + rocks. In front, the sea; in the rear, a precipitous bank, the grassy + verge of which is breaking away, year after year, and flings down its + tufts of verdure upon the barrenness below. The beach itself is a broad + space of sand, brown and sparkling, with hardly any pebbles intermixed. + Near the water's edge there is a wet margin, which glistens brightly in + the sunshine, and reflects objects like a mirror; and as we tread along + the glistening border, a dry spot flashes around each footstep, but grows + moist again, as we lift our feet. In some spots, the sand receives a + complete impression of the sole, square toe and all; elsewhere it is of + such marble firmness, that we must stamp heavily to leave a print even of + the iron-shod heel. Along the whole of this extensive beach gambols the + surf wave: now it makes a feint of dashing onward in a fury, yet dies away + with a meek murmur, and does but kiss the strand; now, after many such + abortive efforts, it rears itself up in an unbroken line, heightening as + it advances, without a speck of foam on its green crest. With how fierce a + roar it flings itself forward, and rushes far up the beach! + </p> + <p> + As I threw my eyes along the edge of the surf, I remember that I was + startled, as Robinson Crusoe might have been, by the sense that human life + was within the magic circle of my solitude. Afar off in the remote + distance of the beach, appearing like sea-nymphs, or some airier things, + such as might tread upon the feathery spray, was a group of girls. Hardly + had I beheld them, when they passed into the shadow of the rocks and + vanished. To comfort myself—for truly I would fain have gazed a + while longer—I made acquaintance with a flock of beach birds. These + little citizens of the sea and air preceded me by about a stone's-throw + along the strand, seeking, I suppose, for food upon its margin. Yet, with + a philosophy which mankind would do well to imitate, they drew a continual + pleasure from their toil for a subsistence. The sea was each little bird's + great playmate. They chased it downward as it swept back, and again ran up + swiftly before the impending wave, which sometimes overtook them and bore + them off their feet. But they floated as lightly as one of their own + feathers on the breaking crest. In their airy flutterings, they seemed to + rest on the evanescent spray. Their images—long-legged little + figures, with gray backs and snowy bosoms—were seen as distinctly as + the realities in the mirror of the glistening strand. As I advanced, they + flew a score or two of yards, and, again alighting, recommenced their + dalliance with the surf wave; and thus they bore me company along the + beach, the types of pleasant fantasies, till, at its extremity, they took + wing over the ocean, and were gone. After forming a friendship with these + small surf-spirits, it is really worth a sigh, to find no memorial of + them, save their multitudinous little tracks in the sand. + </p> + <p> + When we have paced the length of the beach, it is pleasant, and not + unprofitable, to retrace our steps, and recall the whole mood and + occupation of the mind during the former passage. Our tracks, being all + discernible, will guide us with an observing consciousness through every + unconscious wandering of thought and fancy. Here we followed the surf in + its reflux, to pick up a shell which the sea seemed loath to relinquish. + Here we found a sea-weed, with an immense brown leaf, and trailed it + behind us by its long snake-like stalk. Here we seized a live horseshoe by + the tail, and counted the many claws of the queer monster. Here we dug + into the sand for pebbles, and skipped them upon the surface of the water. + Here we wet our feet while examining a jelly-fish, which the waves, having + just tossed it up, now sought to snatch away again. Here we trod along the + brink of a fresh-water brooklet, which flows across the beach, becoming + shallower and more shallow, till at last it sinks into the sand, and + perishes in the effort to bear its little tribute to the main. Here some + vagary appears to have bewildered us; for our tracks go round and round, + and are confusedly intermingled, as if we had found a labyrinth upon the + level beach. And here, amid our idle pastime, we sat down upon almost the + only stone that breaks the surface of the sand, and were lost in an + unlooked-for and overpowering conception of the majesty and awfulness of + the great deep. Thus, by tracking our footprints in the sand, we track our + own nature in its wayward course, and steal a glance upon it, when it + never dreams of being so observed. Such glances always make us wiser. + </p> + <p> + This extensive beach affords room for another pleasant pastime. With your + staff you may write verses—love-verses, if they please you best—and + consecrate them with a woman's name. Here, too, may be inscribed thoughts, + feelings, desires, warm out-gushings from the heart's secret places, which + you would not pour upon the sand without the certainty that, almost ere + the sky has looked upon them, the sea will wash them out. Stir not hence + till the record be effaced. Now—for there is room enough on your + canvas—draw huge faces,—huge as that of the Sphinx on Egyptian + sands,—and fit them with bodies of corresponding immensity, and legs + which might stride half-way to yonder island. Child's play becomes + magnificent on so grand a scale. But, after all, the most fascinating + employment is simply to write your name in the sand. Draw the letters + gigantic, so that two strides may barely measure them, and three for the + long strokes! Cut deep, that the record may be permanent! Statesmen, and + warriors, and poets have spent their strength in no better cause than + this. Is it accomplished? Return, then, in an hour or two, and seek for + this mighty record of a name. The sea will have swept over it, even as + time rolls its effacing waves over the names of statesmen, and warriors, + and poets. Hark, the surf wave laughs at you! + </p> + <p> + Passing from the beach, I begin to clamber over the crags, making my + difficult way among the ruins of a rampart, shattered and broken by the + assaults of a fierce enemy. The rocks rise in every variety of attitude; + some of them have their feet in the foam, and are shagged half-way upward + with sea-weed; some have been hollowed almost into caverns by the + unwearied toil of the sea, which can afford to spend centuries in wearing + away a rock, or even polishing a pebble. One huge rock ascends in + monumental shape, with a face like a giant's tombstone, on which the veins + resemble inscriptions, but in an unknown tongue. We will fancy them the + forgotten characters of an antediluvian race; or else that Nature's own + hand has here recorded a mystery, which, could I read her language, would + make mankind the wiser and the happier. How many a thing has troubled me + with that same idea! Pass on, and leave it unexplained. Here is a narrow + avenue, which might seem to have been hewn through the very heart of an + enormous crag, affording passage for the rising sea to thunder back and + forth, filling it with tumultuous foam, and then leaving its floor of + black pebbles bare and glistening. In this chasm there was once an + intersecting vein of softer stone, which the waves have gnawed away + piecemeal, while the granite walls remain entire on either side. How + sharply, and with what harsh clamor, does the sea rake hack the pebbles, + as it momentarily withdraws into its own depths! At intervals, the floor + of the chasm is left nearly dry; but anon, at the outlet, two or three + great waves are seen struggling to get in at once; two hit the walls + athwart, while one rushes straight through, and all three thunder, as if + with rage and triumph. They heap the chasm with a snow-drift of foam and + spray. While watching this scene, I can never rid myself of the idea that + a monster, endowed with life and fierce energy, is striving to burst his + way through the narrow pass. And what a contrast, to look through the + stormy chasm, and catch a glimpse of the calm bright sea beyond! + </p> + <p> + Many interesting discoveries may be made among these broken cliffs. Once, + for example, I found a dead seal, which a recent tempest had tossed into + the nook of the rocks, where his shaggy carcass lay rolled in a heap of + eel-grass, as if the sea-monster sought to hide himself from my eye. + Another time, a shark seemed on the point of leaping from the surf to + swallow me; nor did I wholly without dread approach near enough to + ascertain that the man-eater had already met his own death from some + fisherman in the bay. In the same ramble, I encountered a bird,—a + large gray bird,—but whether a loon, or a wild goose, or the + identical albatross of the Ancient Mariner, was beyond my ornithology to + decide. It reposed so naturally on a bed of dry sea-weed, with its head + beside its wing, that I almost fancied it alive, and trod softly lest it + should suddenly spread its wings skyward. But the sea-bird would soar + among the clouds no more, nor ride upon its native waves; so I drew near, + and pulled out one of its mottled tail-feathers for a remembrance. Another + day, I discovered an immense bone, wedged into a chasm of the rocks; it + was at least ten feet long, curved like a cimeter, bejewelled with + barnacles and small shell-fish, and partly covered with a growth of + sea-weed. Some leviathan of former ages had used this ponderous mass as a + jawbone. Curiosities of a minuter order may be observed in a deep + reservoir, which is replenished with water at every tide, but becomes a + lake among the crags, save when the sea is at its height. At the bottom of + this rocky basin grow marine plants, some of which tower high beneath the + water, and cast a shadow in the sunshine. Small fishes dart to and fro, + and hide themselves among the sea-weed; there is also a solitary crab, who + appears to lead the life of a hermit, communing with none of the other + denizens of the place; and likewise several five-fingers,—for I know + no other name than that which children give them. If your imagination be + at all accustomed to such freaks, you may look down into the depths of + this pool, and fancy it the mysterious depth of ocean. But where are the + hulks and scattered timbers of sunken ships? where the treasures that old + Ocean hoards?—where the corroded cannon?—where the corpses and + skeletons of seamen, who went down in storm and battle? + </p> + <p> + On the day of my last ramble (it was a September day, yet as warm as + summer), what should I behold as I approached the above-described basin + but three girls sitting on its margin, and—yes, it is veritably so—laving + their snowy feet in the sunny water! These, these are the warm realities + of those three visionary shapes that flitted from me on the beach. Hark! + their merry voices, as they toss up the water with their feet! They have + not seen me. I must shrink behind this rock, and steal away again. + </p> + <p> + In honest truth, vowed to solitude as I am, there is something in this + encounter that makes the heart flutter with a strangely pleasant + sensation. I know these girls to be realities of flesh and blood, yet, + glancing at them so briefly, they mingle like kindred creatures with the + ideal beings of my mind. It is pleasant, likewise, to gaze down from some + high crag, and watch a group of children, gathering pebbles and pearly + shells, and playing with the surf, as with old Ocean's hoary beard. Nor + does it infringe upon my seclusion, to see yonder boat at anchor off the + shore, swinging dreamily to and fro, and rising and sinking with the + alternate swell; while the crew—four gentlemen, in round-about + jackets—are busy with their fishing-lines. But, with an inward + antipathy and a headlong flight, do I eschew the presence of any + meditative stroller like myself, known by his pilgrim staff, his + sauntering step, his shy demeanor, his observant yet abstracted eye. From + such a man, as if another self had scared me, I scramble hastily over the + rocks, and take refuge in a nook which many a secret hour has given me a + right to call my own. I would do battle for it even with the churl that + should produce the title-deeds. Have not my musings melted into its rocky + walls and sandy floor, and made them a portion of myself? + </p> + <p> + It is a recess in the line of cliffs, walled round by a rough, high + precipice, which almost encircles and shuts in a little space of sand. In + front, the sea appears as between the pillars of a portal. In the rear, + the precipice is broken and intermixed with earth, which gives nourishment + not only to-clinging and twining shrubs, but to trees, that gripe the rock + with their naked roots, and seem to struggle hard for footing and for soil + enough to live upon. These are fir-trees; but oaks hang their heavy + branches from above, and throw down acorns on the beach, and shed their + withering foliage upon the waves. At this autumnal season, the precipice + is decked with variegated splendor; trailing wreaths of scarlet flaunt + from the summit downward; tufts of yellow-flowering shrubs, and + rose-bushes, with their reddened leaves and glossy seed-berries, sprout + from each crevice; at every glance, I detect some new light or shade of + beauty, all contrasting with the stern, gray rock. A rill of water + trickles down the cliff and fills a little cistern near the base. I drain + it at a draught, and find it fresh and pure. This recess shall be my + dining-hall. And what the feast? A few biscuits, made savory by soaking + them in seawater, a tuft of samphire gathered from the beach, and an apple + for the dessert. By this time, the little rill has filled its reservoir + again; and, as I quaff it, I thank God morn heartily than for a civic + banquet, that he gives me the healthful appetite to make a feast of bread + and water. + </p> + <p> + Dinner being over, I throw myself at length upon the sand, and, basking in + the sunshine, let my mind disport itself at will. The walls of this my + hermitage have no tongue to tell my follies, though I sometimes fancy that + they have ears to hear them, and a soul to sympathize. There is a magic in + this spot. Dreams haunt its precincts, and flit around me in broad + sunlight, nor require that sleep shall blindfold me to real objects, ere + these be visible. Here can I frame a story of two lovers, and make their + shadows live before me, and be mirrored in the tranquil water, as they + tread along the sand, leaving no footprints. Here, should I will it, I can + summon up a single shade, and be myself her lover. Yes, dreamer,—but + your lonely heart will be the colder for such fancies. Sometimes, too, the + Past comes back, and finds me here, and in her train come faces which were + gladsome, when I knew them, yet seem not gladsome now. Would that my + hiding-place were lonelier, so that the past might not find me! Get ye all + gone, old friends, and let me listen to the murmur of the sea,—a + melancholy voice, but less sad than yours. Of what mysteries is it + telling? Of sunken ships, and whereabouts they lie? Of islands afar and + undiscovered, whose tawny children are unconscious of other islands and of + continents, and deem the stars of heaven their nearest neighbors? Nothing + of all this. What then? Has it talked for so many ages, and meant nothing + all the while—No; for those ages find utterance in the sea's + unchanging voice, and warn the listener to withdraw his interest from + mortal vicissitudes, and let the infinite idea of eternity pervade his + soul. This is wisdom; and, therefore, will I spend the next half-hour in + shaping little boats of drift-wood, and launching them on voyages across + the cove, with the feather of a sea-gull for a sail. If the voice of ages + tell me true, this is as wise an occupation as to build ships of five + hundred tons, and launch them forth upon the main, bound to "far Cathay." + Yet, how would the merchant sneer at me! + </p> + <p> + And, after all, can such philosophy be true? Methinks I could find a + thousand arguments against it. Well, then, let yonder shaggy rock, + mid-deep in the surf,—see! he is somewhat wrathful,—he rages + and roars and foams,—let that tall rock be my antagonist, and let me + exercise my oratory like him of Athens, who bandied words with an angry + sea and got the victory. My maiden speech is a triumphant one; for the + gentleman in sea-weed has nothing to offer in reply, save an immitigable + roaring. His voice, indeed, will be heard a long while after mine is + hushed. Once more I shout, and the cliffs reverberate the sound. O, what + joy for a shy man to feel himself so solitary, that he may lift his voice + to its highest pitch without hazard of a listener! But, hush!—be + silent, my good friend!—whence comes that stifled laughter? It was + musical,—but how should there be such music in my solitude? Looking + upwards, I catch a glimpse of three faces, peeping from the summit of the + cliff, like angels between me and their native sky. Ah, fair girls, you + may make yourselves merry at my eloquence,—but it was my turn to + smile when I saw your white feet in the pool! Let us keep each other's + secrets. + </p> + <p> + The sunshine has now passed from my hermitage, except a gleam upon the + sand just where it meets the sea. A crowd of gloomy fantasies will come + and haunt me, if I tarry longer here, in the darkening twilight of these + gray rocks. This is a dismal place in some moods of the mind. Climb we, + therefore, the precipice, and pause a moment on the brink, gazing down + into that hollow chamber by the deep where we have been, what few can be, + sufficient to our own pastime,-yes, say the word outright!—self-sufficient + to our own happiness. How lonesome looks the recess now, and dreary, too,—like + all other spots where happiness has been! There lies my shadow in the + departing sunshine with its head upon the sea. I will pelt it with + pebbles. A hit! a hit! I clap my hands in triumph, and see! my shadow + clapping its unreal hands, and claiming the triumph for itself. What a + simpleton must I have been all day,—since my own shadow makes a mock + of my fooleries! + </p> + <p> + Homeward! homeward! It is time to hasten home. It is time; it is time; for + as the sun sinks over the western wave, the sea grows melancholy, and the + surf has a saddened tone. The distant sails appear astray, and not of + earth, in their remoteness amid the desolate waste. My spirit wanders + forth afar, but finds no resting-place, and comes shivering back. It is + time that I were hence. But grudge me not the day that has been spent in + seclusion, which yet was not solitude, since the great sea has been my + companion, and the little sea-birds my friends, and the wind has told me + his secrets, and airy shapes have flitted around me in my hermitage. Such + companionship works an effect upon a man's character, as if he had been + admitted to the society of creatures that are not mortal. And when, at + noontide, I tread the crowded streets, the influence of this day will + still be felt; so that I shall walk among men kindly and as a brother, + with affection and sympathy, but yet shall not melt into the + indistinguishable mass of humankind. I shall think my own thoughts, and + feel my own emotions, and possess my individuality unviolated. + </p> + <p> + But it is good, at the eve of such a day, to feel and know that there are + men and women in the world. That feeling and that knowledge are mine, at + this moment; for, on the shore, far below me, the fishing-party have + landed from their skiff, and are cooking their scaly prey by a fire of + drift-wood, kindled in the angle of two rude rocks. The three visionary + girls are likewise there. In the deepening twilight, while the surf is + dashed near their hearth, the ruddy gleam of the fire throws a strange air + of comfort over the wild cove, bestrewn as it is with pebbles and + sea-weed, and exposed to the "melancholy main." Moreover, as the smoke + climbs up the precipice, it brings with it a savory smell from a pan of + fried fish, and a black kettle of chowder, and reminds me that my dinner + was nothing but bread and water, and a tuft of samphire, and an apple. + Methinks the party night find room for another guest, at that flat rock + which serves them for a table; and if spoons be scarce, I could pick up a + clamshell on the beach. They see me now; and—the blessing of a + hungry man upon him!—one of them sends up a hospitable shout,—halloo, + Sir Solitary! come down and sup with us! The ladies wave their + handkerchiefs. Can I decline? No; and be it owned, after all my solitary + joys, that this is the sweetest moment of a Day by the Sea-shore. + </p> + <p> + <br /><br /><br /><br /> + </p> +<pre xml:space="preserve"> + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Footprints on the Sea-Shore (From +"Twice Told Tales"), by Nathaniel Hawthorne + +*** END OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK FOOTPRINTS ON THE SEA-SHORE *** + +***** This file should be named 9218-h.htm or 9218-h.zip ***** +This and all associated files of various formats will be found in: + https://www.gutenberg.org/9/2/1/9218/ + +Produced by David Widger and Al Haines. + +Updated editions will replace the previous one--the old editions +will be renamed. + +Creating the works from public domain print editions means that no +one owns a United States copyright in these works, so the Foundation +(and you!) can copy and distribute it in the United States without +permission and without paying copyright royalties. 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