Sweeney Among the Nightingales • Paragraph 1
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When I was in a little town among the mountainesses, I heard a sound like the voice of nightingales,— —it was in the evening, when the sun was declining, and the whole landscape seemed to be dissolved in a golden mist. I thought of the nightingales, and of their songs, and of the sweetness of the air; and I said to myself, "It is very pleasant to be alone in such a place."