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poor fugitives。 But after one instant's hesitation； they opened
their arms； and sealed their resolve with as pure and fond an
embrace as ever youthful love had hallowed。
〃We will not go back；〃 said they。 〃The world never can be dark to
us； for we will always love one another。〃
Then the Canterbury pilgrims went up the hill； while the poet
chanted a drear and desperate stanza of the Farewell to his Harp；
fitting music for that melancholy band。 They sought a home where
all former ties of nature or society would be sundered； and all
old distinctions levelled； and a cold and passionless security be
substituted for mortal hope and fear； as in that other refuge of
the world's weary outcasts； the grave。 The lovers drank at the
Shaker spring； and then； with chastened hopes； but more confiding
affections； went on to mingle in an untried life。