Word: afar
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That charms afar unrest and sorrow...
...westward winter suns afar...
hemmed in with mansions of brick. And afar off he espied one of granite, which he made haste to enter. And being come up one flight of stairs a door stood before him, on which was written U. 5. Then Lighthead stood abashed, but presently the good Spirit of Knowledge came to him and whispered, "Knock, and it shall be opened." So Lighthead knocked, but it was not opened unto him. Then was he disconsolate, and descending the stairs two men met him. One was called Worldly Wise, - he wore a beaver hat, and a stick; the other, named Sloth...
...save where it is marred by a hurried shave, he hasteneth to the house of music and the dance, and sayeth, "Go to; now will I enjoy myself, eat, drink, and be a masher;" and lo, as he entereth the chamber of the dance, he perceiveth even afar off a maiden of the tribes that dwell beyond the Hudson, - yea, even on the shores of the great seas have they set up their tabernacles, - and lo, the maiden is fair, yea, passing fair to look upon. And the young man seeketh the owner of the house and is presented, which...
Gleams in the eye of dawn afar...