小说园

第38部分（第2页）

folded　music　upon　silence；　light　upon　darkness；　fecundity　upon

death；　as　a　seed　folds　leaf　upon　leaf　and　silence　upon　the　root

and　the　flower；　hushing　up　the　secret　of　all　between　its　parts；

the　death　out　of　which　it　fell；　the　life　into　which　it　has

dropped；　the　immortality　it　involves；　and　the　death　it　will

embrace　again。

Here　in　the　church；　〃before〃　and　〃after〃　were　folded

together；　all　was　contained　in　oneness。　Brangwen　came　to　his

consummation。　Out　of　the　doors　of　the　womb　he　had　e；　putting

aside　the　wings　of　the　womb；　and　proceeding　into　the　light。

Through　daylight　and　day…after…day　he　had　e；　knowledge　after

knowledge；　and　experience　after　experience；　remembering　the

darkness　of　the　womb；　having　prescience　of　the　darkness　after

death。　Then　between……while　he　had　pushed　open　the　doors　of

the　cathedral；　and　entered　the　twilight　of　both　darkness；　the

hush　of　the　two…fold　silence　where　dawn　was　sunset；　and　the

beginning　and　the　end　were　one。

Here　the　stone　leapt　up　from　the　plain　of　earth；　leapt　up　in

a　manifold；　clustered　desire　each　time；　up；　away　from　the

horizontal　earth；　through　twilight　and　dusk　and　the　whole　range

of　desire；　through　the　swerving；　the　declination；　ah；　to　the

ecstasy；　the　touch；　to　the　meeting　and　the　consummation；　the

meeting；　the　clasp；　the　close　embrace；　the　neutrality；　the

perfect；　swooning　consummation；　the　timeless　ecstasy。　There　his

soul　remained；　at　the　apex　of　the　arch；　clinched　in　the　timeless

ecstasy；　consummated。

And　there　was　no　time　nor　life　nor　death；　but　only　this；　this

timeless　consummation；　where　the　thrust　from　earth　met　the

thrust　from　earth　and　the　arch　was　locked　on　the　keystone　of

ecstasy。　This　was　all；　this　was　everything。　Till　he　came　to

himself　in　the　world　below。　Then　again　he　gathered　himself

together；　in　transit；　every　jet　of　him　strained　and　leaped；

leaped　clear　into　the　darkness　above；　to　the　fecundity　and　the

unique　mystery；　to　the　touch；　the　clasp；　the　consummation；　the