human
See the breadth of light and shadow, said Claude;
gpt
And so you do, said Headley.
human
I have learnt to distinguish mountain distances since I have been here. That peak is four miles from us now; and yet the shadowed cliffs at its foot seem double that distance.
gpt
And look, look, said Valencia,
human
But what a form! Perfect lightness, perfect symmetry! said Claude.
gpt
Curve sweeping over curve, peak towering over peak, to the highest point, and then sinking down again as gracefully as they rose. One can hardly help fancying that the mountain moves; that those dancing lines are not instinct with life.
human
At least, said Headley,
gpt
Perfect, said Valencia.
human
That is the very expression! So concise, and yet so complete.
gpt
To me, said Elsley,
human
While from beneath his throne, said Headley,
gpt
I did not know that you, too, were a poet, said Valencia.
human
Nor I, madam. But if such scenes as these, and in such company, cannot inspire the fancy of even a poor country curate to something of exaltation, he must be dull indeed.
gpt
Why not put some of these thoughts into poetry?
human
What use?