"sweet visage of space"--He came to love the view of the marshes.
"belt of the dawn"--the line where the gray beach and the woods come together is like the horizon at daybreak.
"For a mete and a mark"--a line to measure and distinguish the limits of the marsh.
"affable live oak"--friendly, kindly.
"lord of the land"--the oak tree.
"sinuous southward"--irregular line connecting wood and marsh.
"fastens the fringe of the marsh to the folds of the land"--the line which marks the coming together of the marsh and the land--"the shimmering band."
"gray looping of light"--the light reflected or thrown back from the woods in the dim distance.
"terminal blue of the main"--the sea coast, the coast line.
"weighing of fate"--serious thoughts of the future.