Over the river a golden ray of sun came through the hosts of leaden rain clouds. - Stephen Crane

They would twist their bodies for a moment and groan, and sleep the dead sleep once more...

Whereupon she went to work, having the feminine aversion of going to hell.

"XX

A learned man came to me once.
He said, "I know the way, - come."
And I was overjoyed at this.
Together we hastened,
Soon, too soon, were we
Where my eyes were useless,
And I knew not the ways of me feet.
I clung to the hand of my friend;
But at last he cried, "I am lost.