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-ihe concluding line of this scene expresses ¡raustls
dazzling recogiri'bion of human life in its relation to
the truih he is seeking. Seeing a raitrbctv ,¡rhlch for
hlnl refl-ecis Ìruinau striving as a lar^r ,.','hich endu-res
ihrough clia-irge (des b_u.nien Ilop-ens 'iiechseldauer) he
coiaes ûo u.ndersia.nci tha--r, life i.s nol; ihe pure ligÌtt
itself , but i-us coloured- ancÌ refractecj- reflection, Ã'ì
îîAm farbigen *bglanz haben tvir d-as LebenÏr. )-'
I'hi-s afflini,ci' for nabure recalls tire earlier qrro,¿ed
lines oÍ i,'ausi, ivhen he s^oeaks oÍ' ühe su.n suÍiering
- -+,^ì - - +^ ^^ Wh:'_üe OUt inVj r,.Ofati np" eve-Æ-"+hi i¡.¡ t.;ì 'i. h
IL(r9ll-Llfijj (/(, lJç vvJ-lJ-Uç Uuu fllv¿bv¡qulrrõ vvùfJ ulllrl.å vTlvJ.t
colorir'. '',aiure is rnarked- 'oy' the vigour oÍ' Í-orrta-tion,
úransf orärarion, ano- striving "
Itr i-e evioent fhat this vssoÉrnjtion ivill d-irecL
¡-a¡st alon¡r i1¡rnlr m^Fô nncif,iyç r C¿uJv q¿VarÊr .¡¿UVII llM \/
\ lineS than in the fifSb
rvvU+
pari, anci. that his either willeci or ,forced r,,,'ithdrarural
frorn the a'opearances of' things v¡ill lead hirn into
dir"ect comlnunion i¡¡ith the pure ligirc'" 'rhe poem reaclies
¡ -Èôø+r-i ññ +-',.^n i n- ^^i n- -vhen in ,Ç'AuSt I S final aCt Of
a Þud.J" vIIllÈi uu.f larrriS rvvJ-l¡v i?r¡çf,¡ J¡r ¿ quÐv
renu-nciarion of L,ight he refuses to recognize Car"e or
Sorr"or,''r; forbhis he is bli-nded and thus must grope in
ouier d-arkness amidst ihe r,^¡orld t'¡hose joys and pain he
kner,v so well. Significantly tire scene ta.kes olace ai
44 nri clni s¿¡¿ o'hr, i;nen riev an cl ni øh,c are held iii balance " i-ìis
c)r! ".*J
first staúement in bl-indness shor'rs his awareness of ihe