Note 23 — Chapter III · (continued 6)
Francis Plumptre Beresford Osmaston translation
He greets this new "reawakened sun, no mere dream at least of mine. Verily I bless thee, who sweepest over my head, my grey hairs, the strength of me that still endures after its sixty years. Ay, for was it not this strength which has carried me so far to see this very vision!"