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east of the north wind; up there, in the deep,
still lakes, they bathed themselves, and acquired
a renewed form. We are in the forest by these
deep lakes; we see swans in flocks fly over us,
and swim upon the rapid elv and on the still
waters. The forests, we perceive, continue to
extend further towards the west and the north,
and are more dense as we proceed: the carriage-roads
cease, and one can only pursue one’s way
along the outskirts by the solitary path, and on
horseback.
The saga, from the time of the plague
(A.D., 1350), here impresses itself on the mind,
when the pestilence passed through the land,
and transformed cultivated fields and towns –
nay, whole parishes, into barren fields and wild
forests. Deserted and forgotten, overgrown
with moss, grass, and bushes, churches stood
for years far in the forest; no one knew of
their existence, until, in a later century, a
huntsman lost himself here: his arrow rebounded
from the green wall, the moss of which he
loosened, and the church was found. The
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