The speaker thought their journey had reached its end as their strength and provisions were depleted, but they found that their will continues on within them. Although old words fade, new songs arise from the heart, and where old paths fade, new lands appear with their marvels.
The speaker thought their journey had reached its end as their strength and provisions were depleted, but they found that their will continues on within them. Although old words fade, new songs arise from the heart, and where old paths fade, new lands appear with their marvels.
The speaker thought their journey had reached its end as their strength and provisions were depleted, but they found that their will continues on within them. Although old words fade, new songs arise from the heart, and where old paths fade, new lands appear with their marvels.
at the last limit of my power,---that the path before me
was closed, that provisions were exhausted and the time come to take shelter in a silent obscurity. But I find that thy will knows no end in me. And when old words die out on the tongue, new melodies break forth from the heart; and where the old tracks are lost, new country is revealed with its wonders.
Bram Stoker: The Complete Supernatural Stories (13 tales of horror and mystery: Dracula’s Guest, The Squaw, The Judge’s House, The Crystal Cup, A Dream of Red Hands...) (Halloween Stories)