The Lagoon Scenery(in the morning) The breeze freshened; a great brilliance burst upon the lagoon, sparkled on the rippling water. the forests came out of the clear shadows of the morning became distinct, as if they had rushed nearer--to stop short in a great stir of leaves, of nodding boughs, of swaying branches. In the merciless sunshine the whisper of unconscious life grew louder, speaking in an incomprehensible voice round the dumb darkness of that human sorrow He stood lonely in the searching sunshine; and he looked beyond the great light of a cloudless day into the darkness of a world of illusions Contrast: human life nature The implication the power of love greater or not? Page·12Page  12 The breeze freshened; a great brilliance burst upon the lagoon, sparkled on the rippling water. The forests came out of the clear shadows of the morning, became distinct, as if they had rushed nearer--to stop short in a great stir of leaves, of nodding boughs, of swaying branches. In the merciless sunshine the whisper of unconscious life grew louder, speaking in an incomprehensible voice round the dumb darkness of that human sorrow. The Lagoon Scenery (in the morning): Contrast: human life & nature The implication: the power of love greater or not? He stood lonely in the searching sunshine; and he looked beyond the great light of a cloudless day into the darkness of a world of illusions